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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the take small areas out of management option.
Get advice from Natural England to help you comply with laws that protect wildlife and the natural environment.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the whole crop cereals option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sediment ponds and traps item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting fruit trees item.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the in-field grass strips option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl option.
How the rules are changing to extend eligible Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements from 2025 and what you need to do.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for planting an agroforestry woodland tree.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cultivated areas for arable plants option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the earth banks and soil bunds item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the unharvested cereal headland option.
Use signs at points where a public right of way is not clear.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of traditional orchards option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the skylark plots option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the enhanced overwinter stubble option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (wood post and wire) item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input option.
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