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When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
How to assess sector-specific planning applications that could affect air quality on a protected site.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
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.
You may need to complete a restoration plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
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 prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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.
Map of European sites in England and the 500 metre buffer zone around these sites on 31 May 2021.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
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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