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Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for research, conservation or development projects.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application or registration, and what form your referees need to complete.
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.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for research, conservation or development projects.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
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