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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting standard hedgerow tree item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard inspection pit item.
How the rules are changing to extend eligible Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements from 2025 and what you need to do.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of grassland for target features option.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments.
Use signs at points where a public right of way is not clear.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the earth bank restoration item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cultivated areas for arable plants option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of successional areas and scrub option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of wood pasture and parkland option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the skylark plots option.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the autumn sown bumblebird mix option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the basic overwinter stubble option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the making space for water option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restoration towards species-rich grassland option.
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