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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
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.
You have the right to access some land for walking or certain other…
You can walk on all public rights of way. Some public rights of way are…
You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this…
You may be able to access private land if the landowner has agreed to let…
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
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.
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.
Apply for a licence to shoot deer during the closed season or at night and find out how to report your actions.
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 kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect European protected species.
Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess a protected species for survey, research or conservation work.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts during development work and find out how to report your actions.
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.
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 or renew your camping or caravanning exemption certificate to hold an event at your site without needing a licence.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts for agriculture, forestry and drainage purposes and to prevent damage and find out how to report your actions.
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