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Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
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