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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to prevent Xylella fastidiosa, Ceratocystis platani and Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi entering the UK on plants and trees.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Find out how to import species of bonsai to Great Britain from Japan and Korea, who you can import from, and what the quarantine rules are.
Information for farmers about inspections the Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out on crops and seeds for signs of disease.
What growers and traders need to do to move plants (including plants for planting, seeds, used agricultural and forestry machinery and vehicles and seed potatoes) using a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL).
Information on oak processionary moth for those who own or manage oak trees, including private tree and woodland owners as well as local authorities.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
Use this tool to find out if you need to apply for a simple bespoke or complex bespoke medium combustion plant permit.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
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