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Developers should fill in this form to show how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
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Templates for creating a biodiversity gain plan for a phased development, to send to your local planning authority.
Complete this form to apply to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Use this guidance and form to apply for an exemption from CITES fees because of conservation work.
Make a complaint, provide feedback or request a reconsideration of a Landscape Recovery scheme decision.
Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 1b.
Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 1a.
Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 5.
Complete this form to apply to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 8.
Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 7.
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