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When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Find out how to appeal if Natural England serves you with a management notice for works on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
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