Guidance: Protected species and development: advice for local planning authorities
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Corporate report: Farming and Countryside Programme annual report 2022 to 2023
The farming and countryside programme annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2022 to March 2023.
Guidance: Wildlife licences: when you need to apply
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
Guidance: Construction near protected areas and wildlife
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Transparency data: Defra: workforce management information September 2023
Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.