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Wild Bird General Licence Protected Sites Condition Zone (England)

Publisher
Natural England
Updated
13 July 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

Special Protection Areas where condition 5 on General Licences GL40, GL41, GL42 applies. In these areas, licence users may carry out general licence activity provided that they do not disturb the bird species listed under condition 5 on the general licences. From 1 January 2021, changes are being introduced to how you can use some of the General Licences for killing or taking certain wild birds to address problems caused by these birds. If you need to carry out any licensable actions on land covered, and you cannot comply with condition 5 on GL 40, 41 or 42 then you will need to apply to Natural England for an individual licence. General licences are not a consent for the purposes of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) in respect of SSSIs so it is your responsibility to get consent or assent if required before a licence can be used on any SSSI irrespective of whether it is covered by this condition. The data are intended for use only as a guide to help identify sites affected by a condition in general licences GL40, GL41 and GL42, issued by Defra for 2021. They should not be relied on to indicate details of protected sites (this includes their designation, extent or features). The data are intended to be used in conjunction with the licence advice and other relevant information. Data currently only available on Defra MAGIC Web Mapping application. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

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Wildlife licences: when you need to apply 13/7/2026
MAGIC online web mapping application HTML 13/7/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2025
Harvest GUID
826d9260-c1da-4b60-920c-efeef8acc49a
Extent (Latitude)
56.267761° to 49.21042°
Extent (Longitude)
-7.602539° to 3.383789°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2020-11-12
Dataset reference date (publication)
2020-11-18
Dataset reference date (revision)
2025-07-25
Frequency of update
unknown
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Natural England (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

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Licence information

Open Government Licence

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