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How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to preserve public health or safety.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
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