Policy papers and consultations

How Defra arrived at its decision to issue the GL45 gamebird general licence, valid from 31 May 2024 to 1 February 2025.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 April 2024

Seeking views on what general licences to kill or take wild birds should cover. We're also asking for evidence on issues like record keeping.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 16 March 2021

The main points and processes of the 2019 Regulations, which amend the Habitats Regulations 2017 that transpose the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives, to make them operable from 1 January 2021.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 January 2021

• Changes to the Habitats Regulations 2017

  This document explains the changes made to the Conservation of Habitats…

Seeking views about the recent withdrawal of the three general licences (GL04, GL05 and GL06) for the management of wild birds.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 July 2019