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Use Natural England’s advice packages to find out if your activity, proposal or area has a potential impact on MPAs and the species and habitats within them.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Use this form to report any action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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.
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.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
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.
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.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
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.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
MMO have carried out assessments on the impacts of fishing activities on highly mobile species features including harbour porpoises and marine bird species. These assessments are captured within the draft fishing gear MPA Im…
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
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