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Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess a protected species for survey, research or conservation work.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts for agriculture, forestry and drainage purposes and to prevent damage and find out how to report your actions.
Register for a licence to monitor setts or evict and exclude badgers from setts or to destroy them for development or prevent serious damage.
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Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Poole Harbour SPA.
Apply for a licence to possess European protected species and Habitats Directive (annexes II(b) and IV) species for science and education and find out how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Stodmarsh SAC, Ramsar.
Send in this form to report action taken and to remain registered.
For farmers and land managers to assess if land is eligible for permanent grassland options GS2, GS5, GS6 or OT2.
Forms for pest controllers to apply for a glue trap licence, report action taken under a licence, and to give a reference supporting a licence application.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Use the correct form to explain why your application meets the licence criteria and that there’s no satisfactory alternative to your planned activity.
Complete this form to apply to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect hazel dormice, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Avon SAC.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Teesmouth SPA, Ramsar.
Apply for a licence to do development or other work that may affect otters and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to keep certain non-native species for exhibition or for science and education purposes and find out how to report your actions.
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