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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the woodland improvement option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of hedgerows option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the nectar flower mix option.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Squirrel control and management item.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the two year sown legume fallow option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the agroforestry plan item.
How to make changes to the legal status of a public right of way.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock troughs item.
Guidance on how to meet the requirements for an Environmental Stewardship agreement.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
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