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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.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities (LPAs) and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
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 register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
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.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
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.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
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