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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree surgery item.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
Register for a licence to kill deer at night by shooting during the open season.
Recreational organisations like caravan clubs or the Scouts can apply for an exemption to camp without a licence or planning permission.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to prevent serious damage.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds by various means to preserve public health or safety.
Find out how to become a volunteer to support nature conservation where you live or work.
How to make changes to the legal status of a public right of way.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the pipework associated with livestock troughs item.
As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cross drains item.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the permanent electric fencing item.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hard bases for livestock drinkers item.
Woodlands may be eligible for certain tax reliefs and exemptions, depending on the type of woodland and its purpose.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer high seat item.
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