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How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
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