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Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for research, conservation or development projects.
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
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.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for research, conservation or development projects.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
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.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
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 prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
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