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Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
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