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How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
Get advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat mitigation licence.
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 the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
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.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
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