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Plant licences

Licences for activities affecting wild plants.

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 13 October 2014
• Last updated: 11 October 2022
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  1. 11 October 2022

     Added a link for mitigation licences for non-European protected species.

  2. 13 October 2014

     First published.

Find out how plants are protected.

Licences to possess or sell plants

• Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes (CL01)
  • 1 January 2026
  • Statutory guidance
• Protected plants: apply for a licence to take them (A31 and LR31)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form
• Licence to sell protected plants and animals (A38 and LR38)
  • 1 March 2022
  • Form

Mitigation licences for European protected species

• European protected species: apply for a mitigation licence (A12)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form

Mitigation licences for non-European protected species

• Protected species: apply for a mitigation licence (A05 and A05a)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form