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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…
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Natural England's terms and conditions for chargeable discretionary advice services for proposals affecting sites of special scientific interest.
Find out how to appeal if Natural England serves you with a management notice for works on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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