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What happens if you're stopped by the police while driving - breath tests, motoring offences, faults with your vehicle, seizing your vehicle
The police can stop a vehicle for any reason. If they ask you to stop, you…
The police can stop you at any time and ask you to take a breath test…
The police can give you a ‘fixed penalty notice’ for less serious traffic…
If your vehicle has something wrong with it, for example a broken brake…
The police can seize a vehicle if they think it’s being used in a way that…
Get approval for your fish pass design when building or making changes to a dam, weir or mill.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…
Before making a formal complaint or getting others involved, try to…
If your neighbour is a tenant, you can complain to their landlord. This…
If you cannot resolve the dispute by speaking to your neighbour, you can…
You can ask your local council for help if the neighbour dispute involves…
You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the…
You should call the police if your neighbour: is violent, threatening or…
If all else fails, you can take legal action against a neighbour. Taking…
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
Information relating to the Public Order Act which received Royal Assent on 2 May 2023.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Find out why our armed forces undertake low flying in the UK.
BAT for diesel engines on an installation that are classed as new medium combustion plant, operating up to 500 hours a year that are exempt from emission limit values (ELVs).
Find a property's energy certificate including an energy performance certificate (EPC), display energy certificate (DEC) or air conditioning inspection certificate.
On Sunday 10 November, the National Service of Remembrance will be held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London.
Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
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