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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the mechanical bracken control item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the constructed wetlands for the treatment of pollution item.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cattle grid item.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone-faced bank repair item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the create 2-zone rides in woodland item.
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.
Find out what landscape character assessments are and how they can be used.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Find out what visitors can and can't do on greens and how to maintain and de-register your land as an owner or local authority.
Get advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
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