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Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development at the same time.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Get advice from Natural England to help you comply with laws that protect wildlife and the natural environment.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the silt filtration dams or seepage barriers item.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the brick, stone or concrete sluice item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the moorland mapping item.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
Find out about eligibility requirements for beaver protection infrastructure item
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the timber sluice item.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Use signs at points where a public right of way is not clear.
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