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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.
Use this form to identify maintenance work and show work undertaken on traditional farm buildings as part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Stodmarsh SAC, Ramsar.
Apply for a licence to do development or other work that may affect otters and find out how to report your actions.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.
For farmers and land managers to assess if land is eligible for permanent grassland options GS2, GS5, GS6 or OT2.
Competent authorities must give notice of their decision to allow a plan or project that has an adverse effect on a European site to go ahead.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Use this assessment form for Countryside Stewardship applications or agreements that include HS1 or HS8 options.
Find out what livestock records Countryside Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Show what impact an activity will have on European protected species and whether their favourable conservation status will be maintained.
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.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Avon SAC.
Use these forms to report any actions taken under an individual licence to kill, take or disturb wild birds (A08 or A09), or to request renewal of your licence.
Express your interest in applying for a strategic licence for work that affects water voles in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea.
Agreement holders with the education access option should submit an declaration form for each visit to their site.
Use this form to apply for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) screening decision for projects that will increase agricultural productivity of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas.
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.
Use these forms to consult on archaeological and heritage, biodiversity, or landscape, common land and access features.
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