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How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
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 MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
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.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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