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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.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
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.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
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.
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 torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
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