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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.

  • The rules you must follow if you own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales.

  • Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.

  • Where you’ll find clean air zones, how to check if you’ll need to pay a charge and create a business account, and what support or exemptions are available.

  • How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.

  • Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

  • Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

  • Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.

  • Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.

  • How councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise and loudspeakers in the street.

  • A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

  • What farmers, foresters and land managers need to know and do before applying for a Countryside Stewardship grant, and how to manage a grant agreement.

  • Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)…

  • When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.

  • How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.

  • Official vets and inspectors in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.

  • Find out about the SFI actions for soils, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.

  • The latest bluetongue situation, how to spot it, report it and prevent it spreading.

  • Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.

  • Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).