Guidance and regulation

How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 17 February 2023

How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 July 2022

What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 20 September 2022

How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 2 February 2022

How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 29 July 2019

Plants that you need a licence to sell.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 26 May 2015

How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 25 October 2023

When you can exceed the burning and storage limits in waste exemption D7 to burn trees and plants affected by disease or pests in the open.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 21 July 2021

Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 28 May 2015

Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 12 September 2023