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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Northern Ireland region
Getting to know the geology in your area
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - South West England region
Screening Directions
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Bristol and Gloucester region
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
More information on our screening work, and its relevance to the siting of a GDF
If you are developing a site within a coalfield area you may need to give additional consideration to the proposed drainage and infiltration.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Pennines region
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