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How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Before you buy a pet cat or dog, make checks to avoid the illegal trade in pet animals, and know how to report concerns.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
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.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
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