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Apply for a licence to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
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 badgers on or near a proposed development site.
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).
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds by various means to preserve public health or safety.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to prevent serious damage.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
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.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
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 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.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
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