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Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - substantial pre-work item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sprayer or applicator load and washdown area item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the training to control and manage deer item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the biofilters item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the fencing supplement - difficult sites supplement.
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 Natural England’s proposal to designate an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree removal item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the watercourse crossings item.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Use this form between 1 April and 30 September to complain about an infestation of injurious weeds where there is a risk those weeds will spread to your land.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer exclosure plot item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone-faced bank restoration item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (tube and mesh) item.
How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
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 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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ram pumps and associated pipework item.
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