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Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
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.
Use this form to register your interest in a voluntary role.
Complete the templates to help monitor and manage grey squirrel on your land for capital grants payments.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Solent.
Apply for a licence to kill wild birds for falconry and find out how to report your actions.
Use this form to request Natural England's advice on planning applications and applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects.
Use this form to tell Natural England about any actions you took under a European protected species mitigation licence.
Complete these templates to help create, improve or manage an agroforestry system on your land.
Use this form for applications where the applicant does not have management control over all or part of the land for the full length of a potential agreement.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage invasive non-native plant species on your land for capital grants payments.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect water voles. Find out if you need to pay for the licence and how to report your actions.
Apply for an organisational licence for your business for routine activities that affect protected species, and find out if you need to pay.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.
Apply for a licence for science or conservation purposes, or register for a class licence to visit roosts as a volunteer or do surveys; find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to release non-native (alien) and schedule 9 species, or capture, possess or transport native Eurasian beavers and release them into secure enclosures. Includes how to report your actions.
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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