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Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
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.
How to apply for a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permit to move or trade endangered species.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
What you need to do to buy, sell or hire out items made of or containing ivory in the UK.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
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