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Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get a licence to sell dead specimens of protected species legally taken from the wild before 30 October 1981.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
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.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
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.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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.
Interactive WebApps to support MMO’s assessment and potential management of Stage 4 marine protected areas (MPAs) and guidance to help users make the most of this platform.
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 …
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Natural England's terms and conditions for chargeable discretionary advice services for proposals affecting sites of special scientific interest.
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