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See where the National Park boundary has been extended under the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Designation) (Variation) Confirmation Order 2015.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within 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.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
If you're a laboratory or scientific institution, use this licence to hold tissue samples from wild birds and animals during investigations into offences.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the anti-predator combination fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the gateway relocation item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the grip blocking drainage channels item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the moorland mapping item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stump grinding item.
What local planning authorities and developers should consider for development proposals and how to use agricultural land classification (ALC).
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
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