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Find out about Natural England's proposals to vary the approved route of the Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey stretch in Suffolk.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Another feature was added to this site on 31 May 2019.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, in the East of England.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
As a local authority or national park authority, find out what responsibilities you have for your LAF.
When you need an environmental permit, licence or to address planning considerations to mitigate nutrient pollution.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Find out where work is under way to improve coastal access in North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
See where the National Park boundary has been extended under the Lake District National Park (Designation) (Variation) Confirmation Order 2015.
Get a licence to sell dead specimens of protected species legally taken from the wild before 30 October 1981.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Mounts Bay, in the South West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Yarmouth to Cowes, in the South West of England.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Find out about the merger and extension of 6 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
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