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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.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the coppicing bankside trees item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the first flush rainwater diverters and downpipe filters item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rabbit fencing supplement.
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.
How Natural England will tell you if your land is selected as a site of special scientific interest, or if there are changes to its designation.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Request initial informal advice or paid advice from Natural England about consent for activities on your SSSI land.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the countryside educational access visits accreditation item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restore coppicing in woodland item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard inspection pit item.
Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development with planning permission at the same time.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the repair stone walls item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - casting up 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.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery, and report your actions.
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