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How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for research, conservation or development projects.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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 to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
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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