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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restore coppicing in woodland item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements to carry out customised capital works to manage specific sites or species.
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 the aim and requirements for squirrel traps and maintenance.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the scrub control and felling diseased trees item.
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What you must do to get paid for this item and advice on how to do it.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the fencing supplement - difficult sites supplement.
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.
Get advice from Natural England to help you comply with laws that protect wildlife and the natural environment.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer exclosure plot item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (tube and mesh) item.
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…
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rhododendron control 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.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ditch, dyke and rhine restoration item.
Find out about Local Wildlife Sites and Local Geological Sites, and how they are selected and protected.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the use tree surgery to ‘hinge’ a tree into a watercourse item.
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