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How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
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.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Find out how to record information about nature recovery activities in a consistent way.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
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