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Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
As an owner or manager of land, understand how to restrict public access for land management, public safety or fire prevention reasons.
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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone-faced bank restoration item.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
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.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer exclosure plot item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the permanent electric fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting standard parkland tree item.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the scrub control - difficult sites item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of scrapes and gutters item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Deer pedestrian gate option.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree surgery for veteran trees item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rabbit fencing supplement.
Get advice from Natural England to help you comply with laws that protect wildlife and the natural environment.
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