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Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads 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.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
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