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Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect bats, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
To apply for a mitigation licence, you need to complete an online…
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Owners and occupiers should use this form to give notice of a planned activity on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) that needs Natural England’s permission.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect great crested newts, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect European protected species.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage deer on your land for capital grants payments.
Register for a licence to monitor setts or evict and exclude badgers from setts or to destroy them for development or to prevent serious damage.
Apply for a licence to shoot deer during the closed season or at night and find out how to report your actions.
Public bodies should use this form to give notice of a proposed operation affecting a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) that needs Natural England’s agreement.
Apply for a licence to possess European protected species and Habitats Directive (annexes II(b) and IV) species for science and education and find out how to report your actions.
Complete the templates to help monitor and manage grey squirrel on your land for capital grants payments.
Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect hazel dormice, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
Apply for or renew your camping or caravanning exemption certificate to hold an event at your site without needing a licence.
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