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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) Regulations protect uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land. Find out when and how to get permission to make changes to land.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow coppicing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rainwater goods item.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock troughs item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of species-rich grassland option.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the supply and plant tree item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds option.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the 4m to 6m buffer strip on cultivated land option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree surgery item.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Find out how to become a volunteer to support nature conservation where you live or work.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lenient grazing supplement.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the native breeds at risk supplement.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
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