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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 to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
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.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for research, conservation or development projects.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees 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.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
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 bats on or near a proposed development site.
Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.
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).
How to apply for a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permit to move or trade endangered species.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered 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 great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for research, conservation or development projects.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
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