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How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone gate post item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ditch, dyke and rhine restoration item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the use monitoring equipment to manage invasive species item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the create 3-zone rides in woodland item.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat mitigation licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the scrub control - difficult sites item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the earth banks and soil bunds item.
Find out about eligibility requirements for beaver protection infrastructure item
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the pruning to restore veteran fruit trees item.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the install temporary water storage features item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree removal item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the pasture pumps and associated pipework item.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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