Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Comprises standing advice for protected species. Provides advice for local authorities on assessing planning applications where there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
History
Last updated: 7 April 2025 - Updated the list of offences to match the relevant legislation in the section on how the species are protected and also added new wording about planning conditions, including the discharge of conditions and issuing of licences the 'Planning and licence conditions' section. Last updated: 25 October 2023 - Updated because of new requirements for protected species mitigation licences for animals and plants in schedule 5 and schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (brought in by the Environment Act 2021). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/protected-plants-fungi-and-lichens-advice-for-making-planning-decisions and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 14 January 2022.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
- Nature conservation
- Natural environment
Publisher History
Natural England is the government's adviser for the natural environment in England, helping to protect the country's nature and landscapes. The information contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.