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Your local council is responsible for public drains - report a blockage.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to solve a dispute with a landlord or tenant about certain farming tenancies, or with a neighbour on ditches or drainage work.
Form TALD711: Notice of Application for an Order under the Land Drainage Act 1991.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
How local councils and internal drainage boards (IDBs) can make byelaws to prevent an increase in flood risk or to manage land drainage.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Non-statutory technical standards for the design, maintenance and operation of sustainable drainage systems to drain surface water.
This form may be used as part of a planning application that incorporates a proposed non-mains foul drainage system.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Check if you need to pay drainage charges, how much they are and how to pay.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Form TALD721: Response to an Application for an Order under the Land Drainage Act 1991.
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