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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out if your land is eligible for an SFI agreement.
Apply to correct mistakes in the registers of common land or of town or village greens
Correct mistakes in commons registers, including adding or removing buildings or land, and registering greens wrongly recorded as commons.
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
Read about temporary adjustments to agri-environment scheme options and actions in 2024 due to wet weather.
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
The commons listed on this page now have more eligible area to allocate for certain years of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) 2010 or Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP).
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
Read about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for low input grassland, what land is eligible for each action and what you need to do to get paid.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023 and 2024
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
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