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Apply to control wild birds, including the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull, to conserve plants and animals or protect public health and safety.
You must report all volunteering-related incidents, accidents, near misses and concerns to Natural England.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
Form for Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holders to request a minor and temporary adjustment to the requirements for the options in their agreement.
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.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.
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.
Public bodies should use this form to pay for advice on carrying out or approving work on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Report action taken during the previous 12 months.
Find out what livestock records Countryside Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Use this assessment form for Countryside Stewardship applications or agreements that include HS1 or HS8 options.
Apply for an organisational licence for your business for routine activities that affect protected species, and find out if you need to pay.
Apply for a licence to do development or other work that may affect otters and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to interfere with a badger sett near a scheduled monument.
Tell Natural England what action you've taken or renew a licence.
Apply for or renew your camping or caravanning exemption certificate to hold an event at your site without needing a licence.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
Use this form to register your interest in a voluntary role.
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