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A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery, and report your actions.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
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.
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