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Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Apply to correct mistakes in the registers of common land or of town or village greens
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cattle grid item.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects.
Overview for people who want to apply to make a change to the registers of common land or the registers of town and village greens.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Automatic slurry scraper option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Deer vehicle gate option.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in West Yorkshire
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access on the Isle of Wight.
Find out what landscape character assessments are and how they can be used.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
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