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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the historic and archaeological feature protection item.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
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 countryside educational access visits accreditation item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting fruit trees item.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) Regulations protect uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land. Find out when and how to get permission to make changes to land.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the create or restore grassland habitat item.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the large wildlife box item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rainwater goods item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restore coppicing in woodland item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the small wildlife box item.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the repair stone walls item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for planting an agroforestry woodland tree.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - casting up item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (tube and mesh) item.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall supplement - stone from quarry item.
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