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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the brick, stone or concrete sluice item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restoration of large water bodies item.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
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 – and report actions taken und…
As a local authority or national park authority, find out what responsibilities you have for your LAF.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
How to set up a commons council to manage common land.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
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.
This guidance outlines good practice on planning the management of rough vegetation, including when and where to carry it out safely and responsibly.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Use signs at points where a public right of way is not clear.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Natural England's terms and conditions for applications to the register and payment of the application fee.
How to find and use the statistics and analysis from the People and Nature Surveys for England.
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 construction of water penning structures item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area item.
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