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Find out about Natural England’s intention to increase the size of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ram pumps and associated pipework item.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Request initial informal advice or paid advice from Natural England about consent for activities on your SSSI land.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
Guidance on how to meet the requirements for an Environmental Stewardship agreement.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the mechanical bracken control item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the badger gate item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Automatic slurry scraper option.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cattle grid item.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of scrapes and gutters item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for this option.
How public bodies can get advice from Natural England about notice and getting assent for activities on protected sites.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the earth banks and soil bunds item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the standard seed mix for grassland habitat item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the use tree surgery to ‘hinge’ a tree into a watercourse item.
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