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  • The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.

  • Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.

  • Where you’ll find clean air zones, how to check if you’ll need to pay a charge and create a business account, and what support or exemptions are available.

  • How councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise and loudspeakers in the street.

  • Annual confirmed sightings of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in the UK.

  • Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

  • Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.

  • Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

  • A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

  • What farmers, foresters and land managers need to know and do before applying for a Countryside Stewardship grant, and how to manage a grant agreement.

  • The rules you must follow if you own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales.

  • Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

  • Guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property on how to comply with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).

  • Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.

  • How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.

  • Find out if you qualify for ESOS and how to comply.

  • Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.

  • How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.

  • How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.

  • How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service.