Environment

Sign up for updates to this topic page

On this page

Services

1. Buy a rod fishing licence

   How and where to buy or upgrade a rod fishing licence for salmon, trout, freshwater fish, smelt and eels in England and Wales.

2. Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to the UK

   Taking pets abroad on holiday or to live - pet passports, PETS travel scheme, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, quarantine, travelling with assistance dogs

3. Find out if you're at risk of flooding in England

   Check your risk of flooding: get current flood warnings, check the 5-day forecast or use flood maps

4. Get help and support for your business

   Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.

5. Food business registration

   You must register with the council to run a food business - fines, penalties

See more services in this topic

Guidance and regulation

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Accessing food and essential supplies
   • Detailed guide
   • 23 June 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
2. Noise nuisances: how councils deal with complaints
   • Detailed guide
   • 21 December 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
3. Cycle to work scheme implementation guidance for employers
   • Guidance
   • 13 June 2019
   • Department for Transport
4. Pet travel to Europe from 1 January 2021
   • Detailed guide
   • 21 October 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
5. Mid Tier and Wildlife Offers manual: Countryside Stewardship
   • Guidance
   • 18 March 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, Forestry Commission, and Natural England

See more guidance and regulation in this topic

News and communications

3 July 2020 — News story

Coronavirus: Environment Agency update

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency

1. Resilience in light of COVID: Climate Action on the Road to COP26
   • 3 July 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Speech
2. UK statement to the WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment
   • 3 July 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Department for International Trade
   • Speech
3. MMO restarting coastal operations to further support the fishing industry through Covid-19.
   • 3 July 2020
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • News story
4. Outbreaks of Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in 2020
   • 3 July 2020
   • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
   • Press release

See more news and communications in this topic

Research and statistics

1. Latest horticulture statistics
   • 3 July 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • National statistics
2. Sea angling in the UK
   • 3 July 2020
   • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
   • Research
3. Rainfall and river flow: weekly reports for England
   • 2 July 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Research
4. Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) brokerage results
   • 2 July 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
5. Quota use statistics
   • 2 July 2020
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • Statistical data set

See more research and statistics in this topic

Policy papers and consultations

1. Call for evidence: Dogger Bank king scallop stock closure in ICES rectangles 39F1, 39F2, 39F3, 38F1, 38F2, 38F3, 37F1 and 37F2
   • 1 July 2020
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 08 July 2020
2. Industrial Energy Transformation Fund: finalising the design
   • 29 June 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 21 November 2019
3. Dairy industry contractual relationships
   • 24 June 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 15 September 2020
4. Environmental land management: policy discussion
   • 24 June 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 31 July 2020
5. 25 Year Environment Plan: progress reports
   • 29 June 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Policy paper

See more policy papers and consultations in this topic

Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Environment Agency corporate scorecard 2019 to 2020 - Quarter two
   • 2 July 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
2. Committee on Fuel Poverty annual report: 2020
   • 30 June 2020
   • Committee on Fuel Poverty and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report
3. Bovine TB: compensation value tables
   • 29 June 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Transparency
4. GCA closing meeting with retailer CCOs on 22 June 2020
   • 23 June 2020
   • Groceries Code Adjudicator
   • Transparency
5. Tree species in Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation Grant applications (2019)
   • 22 June 2020
   • Forestry Commission
   • Corporate report

See more transparency and freedom of information releases in this topic

Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Marine Management Organisation
4. Rural Payments Agency
5. Animal & Plant Health Agency

Show more organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
3. Department for Transport
4. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
5. Home Office
6. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
7. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
8. HM Revenue & Customs
9. Coal Authority
10. Public Health England
11. Ministry of Defence
12. HM Treasury
13. Department for International Development
14. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
15. Planning Inspectorate
16. UK Atomic Energy Authority
17. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
18. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
19. Cabinet Office
20. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
21. Groceries Code Adjudicator
22. Office for Product Safety & Standards
23. Department of Health & Social Care
24. Department for International Trade
25. Government Office for Science
26. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
27. Department for Work & Pensions
28. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
29. Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning
30. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
31. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
32. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
33. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
34. Northern Ireland Office
35. RDPE Network
36. Veterinary Products Committee
37. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
38. Valuation Office Agency
39. Committee on Fuel Poverty
40. Defence and Security Accelerator
41. Department for Education
42. Science Advisory Council
43. Defence Safety Authority
44. Government Actuary's Department
45. Border Force
46. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
47. Government Veterinary Services
48. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
49. Government Legal Department
50. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
51. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
52. UK Export Finance
53. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
54. Companies House
55. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
56. Ministry of Justice
57. Pubs Code Adjudicator
58. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
59. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
60. Attorney General's Office
61. Certification Officer
62. Commission on Human Medicines
63. Crown Commercial Service
64. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
65. Government Digital Service
66. Homes England
67. The Insolvency Service
68. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
69. Office for Civil Society
70. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
71. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
72. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
73. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Environment Agency
2. Natural England
3. Forestry Commission
4. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
5. Radioactive Waste Management
6. Government Chemist
7. UK Hydrographic Office
8. Innovate UK
9. Sellafield Ltd
10. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
11. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
12. British Cattle Movement Service
13. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
14. Magnox Ltd
15. Animals in Science Committee
16. Dounreay
17. Highways England
18. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
19. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
20. UK Co-ordinating Body
21. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
22. UK Space Agency
23. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
24. Council for Science and Technology
25. Defence Equipment and Support
26. Forensic Science Regulator
27. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
28. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
29. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
30. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
31. HM Land Registry
32. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
33. Single Source Regulations Office
34. The Charity Commission
35. Competition and Markets Authority
36. HM Prison Service
37. Migration Advisory Committee
38. Military Aviation Authority
39. Regulatory Policy Committee
40. Social Security Advisory Committee

Explore sub-topics

1. Chemicals
2. Climate change and energy
3. Commercial fishing, fisheries and vessels
4. Energy infrastructure
5. Environmental permits
6. Food and farming
7. Marine
8. Pollution and environmental quality
9. River maintenance, flooding and coastal erosion
10. Rural and countryside
11. Waste and recycling
12. Water industry
13. Wildlife, animals, biodiversity and ecosystems