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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 assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects – and report actions taken under a licence.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application or registration, and what form your referees need to complete.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
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 otters on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat mitigation licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
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