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How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
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 the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
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).
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.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
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