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Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
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.
Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
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.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
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