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Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating Model.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under a licence.
Official guidance on the training, qualifications and appointments of Official Veterinarians (OVs) who seek to perform work on behalf of an EU member state.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
Environment Agency regulatory position on scattering or burying pet ash at a pet cemetery which is registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Apply for authorisation of premises for the retail supply of POM-VPS and NFA-VPS veterinary medicines by suitably qualified persons (SQPs).
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
Get advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Find out what you can do to keep your birds free of avian influenza by registering for one of Defra's webinars.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
Deer owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move deer.
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