Gamebirds: decision to issue the GL43 gamebird general licence for 2023 to 2025
How Defra arrived at its decision to issue the GL43 gamebird general licence, valid from 31 May 2023 to 30 May 2025.
Documents
Defra’s 2023 Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and decision to issue general licence GL43: ‘Gamebirds: licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on certain European sites or within 500m of their boundary’Background and other supporting documentsAnnex A – Natural England’s 2023 statutory advice to Defra – 27 January 2023 application/pdfAnnex B – Natural England’s 2023 addendum to its 2021 shadow HRAapplication/pdf