Pollution and environmental quality

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Report an environmental incident
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Sewage discharges: calculator for domestic properties
Daily discharge volume calculator for small sewage discharges from septic tanks and package treatment plants
Foul drainage assessment form (FDA1)
This form may be used as part of a planning application that incorporates a proposed non-mains foul drainage system.
Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers
Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development when applying for planning permission.
Environmental permitting: H5 Site condition report
Guidance and templates on how to complete a site condition report under Environmental permitting regulations (EPR).

Clean air zones
- Detailed guide
- 1 June 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Noise nuisances: how councils deal with complaints
- Detailed guide
- 21 December 2017
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Nuisance smoke: how councils deal with complaints
- Detailed guide
- 1 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
General binding rules: small sewage discharge to the ground
- Detailed guide
- 25 August 2021
- Environment Agency
General binding rules: small sewage discharge to a surface water
- Detailed guide
- 25 August 2021
- Environment Agency

Producers urged to address ‘flushable’ wet wipes labelling
- 29 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release
UK strengthens pledge to end plastic pollution by 2040
- 26 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- News story
Asbestos conman ordered to pay back thousands
- 24 May 2023
- Environment Agency
- Press release
UK unlocks funding for operation to avert major oil spill from Red Sea tanker
- 4 May 2023
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Press release
Anglian Water fined £2.65m after sewage discharged into North Sea
- 3 May 2023
- Environment Agency
- Press release

Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report 2023
- 25 May 2023
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
State of the water environment indicator B3: supporting evidence
- 22 May 2023
- Environment Agency and Natural England
- Research
Vehicle Market Surveillance Unit programme results, 2021
- 18 May 2023
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Research
ENV02 - Air quality statistics
- 27 April 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Statistical data set
Vehicle Market Surveillance Unit programme results, 2020
- 6 April 2023
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Research

Revised national air quality strategy
- 28 April 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 21 April 2023
Hinkley Point C: water discharge activity permit variation
- 25 April 2023
- Environment Agency
- Open consultation
- Date closed 26 May 2023
The air quality strategy for England
- 28 April 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
DVSA vision to 2030
- 4 April 2023
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Policy paper
DVSA strategic plan to 2025
- 4 April 2023
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Policy paper

Strategic noise mapping (2017)
- 21 December 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Transparency
Whistleblowing about environmental malpractice: annual reports
- 29 September 2022
- Environment Agency
- Corporate report
Rural Payments Agency annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022
- 14 July 2022
- Rural Payments Agency
- Corporate report
Particles in the Environment Annual Report - Update Q1 2022
- 6 June 2022
- Sellafield Ltd
- Corporate report
Rural Payments Agency annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- 15 July 2021
- Rural Payments Agency
- Corporate report

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