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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to preserve public health or safety.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
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