Advice

Had a Natural England request for access to your land? Moorland Association advice on the England Ecosystem Survey, compliance assurances and safeguards to agree.

Natural England refused or restricted SSSI consent? Our new guide explains the two-month appeal deadline, the evidence to gather and whether you need a solicitor.

How MA members can submit estate bird counts, bag records and wildfire logs to Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence before 1 November 2026.

Beat, flank, pick up or shoot on a grouse moor? Here's how to answer Question 29 of Defra's game shooting Call for Evidence before 1 November 2026.

Not sure which Defra gamebird question to answer? Match the evidence you hold to the right question, and see what makes it useful, before 1 November 2026.

Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence closes 1 November 2026. Read the Moorland Association's draft response and guides to submitting your own evidence.

The Moorland Association publishes its draft response to Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence on grouse shooting. Members: send comments by 16 October.

Defra's Gamebird Call for Evidence closes 1 November 2026. Two Moorland Association guides show moor managers and uplands participants how to submit evidence.

Defra's Call for Evidence on gamebird release and shooting is open until 1 November. What it asks, what it isn't, and how moorland managers can respond.

Defra is weighing gamebird shooting licensing. Why the Moorland Association is engaging now, what it has asked Defra, and what members should expect.

The Law Commission is reviewing environmental regulation for English farming and land management. Send your examples of overlapping consents and red tape.

Natural England confirms outline fire-prevention directions can be sought before FSI level 5 — but the MA is pressing for a national CROW review.