Statutory guidance: Gamebirds: licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation or within 500m of their boundary (GL43)

Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.

Gamebirds: licences to release them

When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.

Called-in decision: Heath Business and Technical Park, Heath Road South, Runcorn, Cheshire (ref: 3352472 – 9 March 2026)

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a called-in application.

Guidance: Accessibility statement for export health certificates online

This statement explains how accessible the export health certificates online service is.

UK Government publishes Terms of Reference for Patrick Finucane Inquiry

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP, has today [09 March] announced the Terms of Reference for the Patrick Finucane Inquiry