Skip to main content

Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.

  1. Home
Wildlife and habitat conservation

Guidance and regulation

176 results

176 results sorted by Most viewed
  • Statutory biodiversity credits

    Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

    How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Sell biodiversity units as a land manager

    How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Wildlife licences: when you need to apply

    Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Stop ragwort and other harmful weeds from spreading

    How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Wild birds: licence to kill or take for public health or safety (GL41)

    As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to preserve public health or safety.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Using the nutrient neutrality calculators

    How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain

    How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Creating a habitat management and monitoring plan for BNG

    What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.  

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Badgers: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Great crested newts: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Natural England
    • Updated:
  • Register a biodiversity gain site

    Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Buying statutory biodiversity credits

    Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Bats: advice for making planning decisions

    How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.

    • From: Natural England
    • Updated:
  • Bats: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Great crested newts: district level licensing schemes for developers and ecologists

    Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Keeping wild birds or animals

    Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • What you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain

    How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Search the biodiversity gain sites register

    Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated: