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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rabbit fencing supplement.
Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Dorset and how to submit a representation or objection.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - casting up item.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - substantial pre-work item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the supplement for use of individual tree-shelters item.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
How to join or contact a Local Access Forum in England.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the coppicing bankside trees item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking item.
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 swales 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 at the same time.
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