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When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
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 how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Weekend full of fun activities for the family. Includes unique opportunity to see the 200-year-old-plus Nereis Britannica by Cornish botanist John Stackhouse
We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. We help to protect and restore our natural world. Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
As an owner or manager of land in the coastal margin, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2022 to 2023.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass a unique wetland
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
This series brings together all documents relating to Natural Environment Statistics
40 projects across England set to benefit from £25 million funding for using nature to increase the nation’s flood resilience
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
On 13 September 2023, the House of Lords voted against government proposals intended to unlock 100,000 homes between now and 2030 whilst protecting and improving the environment.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
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