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Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Get advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for research, conservation or development projects.
Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for research, conservation or development projects.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
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