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Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim an annual or capital payment.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Cheshire and Greater Manchester.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain plants and animals for scientific or educational purposes.
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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