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Use this form to apply for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) screening decision for projects that will restructure rural land.
Request a change to your England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) agreement, including ownership (succession) or management control.
Application form for base moorings at lock sites on the River Thames.
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.
As a Natural England contractor or partner, complete the appropriate licence form to allow you to download aerial data in the UK provided by APGB consortium.
Land owners should use this form to pay for advice on carrying out work on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
As a Natural England contractor or partner, complete this licence form to allow you to download Cranfield University soils (NSRI) data.
Form for applicants to help you complete a Farm Environment Record (FER) by assessing runoff and soil erosion risks on your land.
Use this form to apply to the Forestry Commission to assess the environmental impact of permanent removal of woodland cover for conversion to another land use.
Use this form for Countryside Stewardship applications which include common land and shared grazing.
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).
Use this form to identify maintenance work and show work undertaken on traditional farm buildings as part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
The Countryside and Rights of Way act 2000 allows access authorities to make agreements with landowners or occupiers for access to land for the land to be opened up, improved, repaired or maintained. The Planning Inspectora…
Correct mistakes in the common land or town or village greens register.
Correct historical errors in the registers by either adding land to, or removing land from, the registers.
How to apply for a licence from Defra to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm within a less favoured area.
Use these forms to consult on archaeological and heritage, biodiversity, or landscape, common land and access features.
The Seed Sourcing Grant closed in August 2025.
Appeal against a hedgerow notice - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you do not have management control over all or part of the land for the whole of your Environmental Stewardship agreement (form es20 (LOC)).
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