Archived government news
February 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Top Field - Pasture Wood: how… Friday, 14 February 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Silence and Old Grove Mines (… Friday, 14 February 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Quarry Bottom (3): how to com… Friday, 14 February 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Woodley Down (3): how to comm… Friday, 14 February 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Gurston Down (3): how to comm… Friday, 14 February 2025
Guidance: Volunteering with Natural England: how to get involved Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: Register of enforcement action taken by Natural England Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Form: Licence for an individual to protect their fishery from fish-eating b… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Water voles: licence to displace them (CL31) Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Barn owls: survey licence for development projects (CL2… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: White-clawed crayfish: survey or research licence (CL11… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Hazel dormice: survey or research - level 2 licence (CL… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 1 licence (CL17) Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Great crested newts: survey or research level 2 licence… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Great crested newts: survey or research level 1 licence… Monday, 10 February 2025
Form: Wild birds: licence to kill or take for conservation or public health… Monday, 10 February 2025
Form: Wild birds: licence to kill, take or disturb (A08) Monday, 10 February 2025
FG13: Stone gate post Monday, 10 February 2025
FG12: Wooden field gate Monday, 10 February 2025
Press release: AI and satellites speed up planning approvals by tracking wi… Monday, 10 February 2025
Corporate report: Bedfordshire's National Nature Reserves Thursday, 06 February 2025
Research: National indicators 2025 - statistics and technical details Thursday, 06 February 2025
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Research: National indicators 2025 - statistics and technical details Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Form: Glue trap licence application forms Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Guidance: Check if you can get a glue trap licence Tuesday, 04 February 2025
RP1: Resurfacing of gateways Monday, 03 February 2025
LV6: Ram pumps and associated pipework Monday, 03 February 2025
LV7: Livestock troughs Monday, 03 February 2025
LV8: Pipework associated with livestock troughs Monday, 03 February 2025
LV5: Pasture pumps and associated pipework Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Natural England organisation structure Monday, 03 February 2025
January 2025
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Friday, 31 January 2025
Press release: North Cornwall coast path improvements completed Friday, 31 January 2025
Form: Great crested newts: apply for a mitigation licence (A14) Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Great crested newts: district level licensing schemes for develop… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the south west of England Thursday, 30 January 2025
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Thursday, 30 January 2025
Notice: Coastal access in Cornwall from Marsland Mouth to Newquay: Natural … Thursday, 30 January 2025
Press release: King Charles III England Coast Path takes next steps Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the north west of England Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Birkenhead to the Welsh bo… Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Guidance: Social clubs: get an exemption to camp without a licence Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Research: Hen harriers: tracking programme update Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Report a dead or injured animal Monday, 27 January 2025
Press release: Have a baa-rilliant adventure this World Wetlands Day Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Accredited official statistics: The People and Nature Surveys for England: … Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Accredited official statistics: The Children’s People and Nature Survey for… Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Bickerley Common (4): how to … Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Kingstanding Training Facilit… Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Hook Links (3): how to commen… Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Derwent Gorge and Muggleswick… Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Guidance: Funding and grants for agroforestry Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Guidance: Social clubs: get an exemption to camp without a licence Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Thursday, 09 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Stanbury Moor (3): how to com… Thursday, 09 January 2025
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Angram Moor (3): how to comme… Thursday, 09 January 2025
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Sandy Gulls and others: ou… Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Deer Hill site B (2): outc… Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Diggle Rifle Range (2): ou… Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at West Nab (2): outcome Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Beavers: licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges (CL… Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Statutory guidance: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry o… Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 4 licence (CL20) Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 3 licence (CL19) Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Statutory guidance: Badgers: licence for the Forestry Commission to interfe… Wednesday, 01 January 2025
December 2024
Press release: Government steps in to save historic rights of way from bein… Thursday, 26 December 2024
Tracking technology used to help rare wading bird in UK first Friday, 20 December 2024
Form: Camping or caravanning exemption certificate application and renewal Thursday, 19 December 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Azure Seas Holiday Village C… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Agreement extensions for Higher Level Stewardship Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Press release: Increasing biodiversity at Westmorland General Hospital Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: The Children’s People and Nature Survey for… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Lower Lugg Meadow: outcome Monday, 16 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Hampton Meadow: outcome Monday, 16 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Upham Meadow (3): outcome Monday, 16 December 2024
AF2: Plant an agroforestry fruit tree? Monday, 16 December 2024
AF1: Plant an agroforestry woodland tree Monday, 16 December 2024
Press release: Planning proposals get Britain building and turn the tide on… Sunday, 15 December 2024
Press release: Planning proposals get Britain building and turn the tide on… Sunday, 15 December 2024
Transparency data: Natural England register of board members' interests Thursday, 12 December 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the east of England Thursday, 12 December 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Thursday, 12 December 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Aldeburgh to Hopton-on-Sea… Thursday, 12 December 2024
Press release: Royal route around England takes next step Wednesday, 11 December 2024
‘Terning’ the tide for seabird decline in Lancashire Wednesday, 11 December 2024
PA3: Woodland management plan Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: Agreement extensions for Higher Level Stewardship Wednesday, 11 December 2024
AF2: Plant an agroforestry fruit tree? Wednesday, 11 December 2024
AF3: Species diversity bonus supplement Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: Bats: earned recognition class licence for mitigation work on bat… Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Monday, 09 December 2024
Corporate report: Research opportunities on National Nature Reserves in Eng… Friday, 06 December 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Friday, 06 December 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Rye and the Rother Estuary: … Friday, 06 December 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Eastbourne to Camber: Natu… Friday, 06 December 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the south east of England Friday, 06 December 2024
Guidance: Successful Facilitation Fund groups: project plans in 2024 Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Corporate report: Research opportunities on National Nature Reserves in Eng… Tuesday, 03 December 2024
November 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Gorple (3): how to comment Friday, 29 November 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Wolsingham North Moor: how to… Friday, 29 November 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Waskerley Park and Wolsingham… Friday, 29 November 2024
Guidance: Bats: earned recognition class licence for mitigation work on bat… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: public regi… Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Corporate report: Natural England equality, diversity and inclusion approac… Tuesday, 26 November 2024
People in Birmingham share views to help shape future of nature Monday, 25 November 2024
West Midlands nature and community projects to receive funding Friday, 22 November 2024
Press release: Strategy breaks ground on biodiversity net gain and nature g… Friday, 22 November 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Sandy Gulls and others: how t… Friday, 22 November 2024
People in Birmingham share views to help shape future of nature Thursday, 21 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Ros Hill (3): outcome Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Woodnook Valley (3): how to c… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: Areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs): designation and mana… Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path on the Isle of Wight: changes t… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Press release: Birds of a feather - restoring habitats for seabirds Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Corporate report: Research opportunities on National Nature Reserves in Eng… Friday, 08 November 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Notice: Coastal Access in Cornwall from Newquay to Penzance: Natural Englan… Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the south west of England Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Notice: Coastal access in Cornwall from Marsland Mouth to Newquay: Natural … Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Press release: COP 16 concludes: UK back on the global stage urging action … Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Press release: COP 16 concludes: UK back on the global stage urging action … Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Guidance: Great crested newts: district level licensing schemes for develop… Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Report action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence Friday, 01 November 2024
October 2024
Guidance: Social clubs: get an exemption to camp without a licence Thursday, 31 October 2024
Visit national parks, nature reserves and green spaces Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Thursday, 31 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Hollins Hill (3): how to comm… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Upham Meadow (3): how to comm… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Hampton Meadow: how to commen… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Lower Lugg Meadow: how to com… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: Agreement holders’ information: Environmental Stewardship Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Press release: New Independent Chair for Dartmoor Land Use Management Group Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Friday, 25 October 2024
Decision: Coastal access: Section 52 notice for the Isle of Wight Friday, 25 October 2024
Guidance: Sites of special scientific interest: appeal a refusal or change … Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: Report action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Guidance: Social clubs: get an exemption to camp without a licence Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Transparency data: Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: public regi… Wednesday, 23 October 2024
SP3: Bracken control supplement Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Azure Seas Holiday Village C… Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Guidance: Get plant breeders’ rights for your new variety Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Hulne Park (3): how to commen… Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Friday, 18 October 2024
Correspondence: Bovine TB: authorisation for badger control in 2024 Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Consultation outcome: Bovine TB: comment on an application for a supplement… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Correspondence: Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control i… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Consultation outcome: Bovine TB: comment on an application for a low risk a… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Decision: Coastal access: Section 52 notice for the Isle of Wight Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Ros Hill (3): how to comment Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the east of England Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Monday, 14 October 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Seal Sands Industrial Comp… Monday, 14 October 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at North Tees Mudflats: outco… Monday, 14 October 2024
Guidance: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need… Monday, 14 October 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Longcroft and Whitrigg, Kirk… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Speech: Nature is a ‘National Wealth Service’ Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Form: Agroforestry plan (PA4): complete your templates Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Press release: “Nature is the national wealth service”: Natural England Ch… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Press release: Have your say about new Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Form: Hazel dormice: apply for a mitigation licence (A35) Monday, 07 October 2024
Press release: Salmon stocks in England lowest on record Sunday, 06 October 2024
Form: Bats: apply for a mitigation licence (A13) Friday, 04 October 2024
Press release: Bucks farm thriving for decades thanks to countryside scheme… Thursday, 03 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: The People and Nature Surveys for England: … Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: The People and Nature Surveys for England: … Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Press release: UK Councils invited to join and shape new initiative to impr… Tuesday, 01 October 2024
September 2024
Guidance: Using the nutrient neutrality calculators Monday, 30 September 2024
Guidance: Eastern Channel marine area site packages Thursday, 26 September 2024
Guidance: Northern North Sea marine area site packages Thursday, 26 September 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Rye Harbour to Camber Sand… Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Corporate report: Natural England designations programme for areas, sites a… Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Willyshaw Rigg (2): outcom… Monday, 23 September 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Deer Hill site A (2): outc… Monday, 23 September 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Thursday, 19 September 2024
Guidance: Bats: earned recognition class licence for mitigation work on bat… Thursday, 19 September 2024
Guidance: Technical Report Thursday, 19 September 2024
Form: Bats: apply for a mitigation licence (A13) Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path on the Isle of Wight: comment o… Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Twin Oaks Farm (3): how to co… Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Twin Oaks Farm (2): outcom… Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Open consultation: Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB) Boundary Variatio… Monday, 16 September 2024
Press release: Natural England seeks views on Surrey Hills National Landsca… Monday, 16 September 2024
Press release: Natural England seeks views on Surrey Hills national landsca… Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Amend a registration or allocation, or remove a registration Thursday, 12 September 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Dunnerholme, Askam-in-Furnes… Wednesday, 11 September 2024
New King Charles III England Coast Path opens in Lincolnshire Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the east of England Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Sutton Bridge to Skegness:… Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Research: Hen harriers: tracking programme update Friday, 06 September 2024
Guidance: Amend a registration or allocation, or remove a registration Thursday, 05 September 2024
Press release: Long Preston Floodplain project celebrates conservation mile… Thursday, 05 September 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at North Tees Mudflats: how to c… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Seal Sands Industrial Complex… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Form: River Mease SAC: nutrient neutrality calculator Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Form: River Kent SAC: nutrient neutrality calculator Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Guidance: How to get paid under an Environmental Stewardship agreement Monday, 02 September 2024
Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim Monday, 02 September 2024
August 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress Thursday, 22 August 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the north west of England Thursday, 22 August 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Birkenhead to the Welsh bo… Thursday, 22 August 2024
Open consultation: Bovine TB: comment on an application for a low risk area… Thursday, 22 August 2024
Form: Protected species: apply for a mitigation licence (A05 and A05a) Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Form: Water voles: apply for a mitigation licence (A11) Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Form: Glue trap licence application forms Thursday, 15 August 2024
Guidance: Glue trap licences Thursday, 15 August 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Thursday, 15 August 2024
Form: Glue trap licence application forms Thursday, 15 August 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path at Longcroft and Whitrigg, Kirk… Wednesday, 14 August 2024
RP3: Watercourse crossings Wednesday, 14 August 2024
FG3: Permanent electric fencing Monday, 12 August 2024
FG2: Sheep netting Monday, 12 August 2024
FG1: Fencing Monday, 12 August 2024
Rare species found on Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve Tuesday, 06 August 2024
FG3: Permanent electric fencing Monday, 05 August 2024
TE6: Tree guard (tube and mesh) Monday, 05 August 2024
AF3: Supplement: Species diversity bonus Monday, 05 August 2024
TE7: Tree guard (wood post and rail) Monday, 05 August 2024
TE8: Tree guard (wood post and wire) Monday, 05 August 2024
SB4: Chemical bracken control Thursday, 01 August 2024
July 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the south east of England Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Kingswear to Lyme Regis: N… Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path: plan of the Eastbourne to Camber … Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Notice: King Charles III England Coast Path from Minehead to Combe Martin: … Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Map: King Charles III England Coast Path in the south west of England Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Corporate report: Natural England Action Plan 2024 to 2025 Monday, 29 July 2024
Press release: Discovering new maerl beds on the South Coast of Cornwall Friday, 26 July 2024
Guidance: Sites of special scientific interest: public body responsibilitie… Thursday, 25 July 2024
Form: Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers Thursday, 25 July 2024
Press release: Hundreds of wildflowers helping to attract rare bees to Wals… Thursday, 25 July 2024
Transparency data: Natural England register of board members' interests Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Press release: Bucks farm thriving for decades thanks to countryside scheme… Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Guidance: Register of enforcement action taken by Natural England Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Guidance: Natural England privacy notices Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 4 licence (CL20) Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 3 licence (CL19) Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 1 licence (CL17) Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Statutory guidance: Bats: survey or research level 2 licence (CL18) Tuesday, 23 July 2024