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Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
The Ayrton Fund supports clean energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to accelerate the clean energy transition in developing countries.
How to store oil safely, check which oil storage regulations apply and pollution penalties
What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
If your site is in the Development High Risk Area, for most forms of development you must submit a Coal Mining Risk Assessment to your Local Planning Authority.
As an owner or manager of land in the coastal margin, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
FCDO travel advice for Kazakhstan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
A fund for local authorities to help clear backlogs of planning applications and address skills gaps. Now closed for applications.
What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
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