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You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
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.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Kent.
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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps item.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Terms and conditions which form part of the contract between Natural England and its suppliers for purchases of goods or services (or both).
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Contact details for Local Nature Partnerships in England.
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