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Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about the strategic licence trial for work that affects water voles in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within them.
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