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Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Register to use a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies – and report actions taken under this licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Request initial informal advice or paid advice from Natural England about consent for activities on your SSSI land.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
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.
Understand how to compensate for environmental harm caused by offshore wind projects.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
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 how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
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.
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