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When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
When the Environment Agency will not require you to get a permit to carry out certain activities that they regulate.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Find out how much water is available in your area by viewing Environment Agency abstraction licensing strategies.
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Environment Agency 2022 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.
Cases for which the Environment Agency has accepted an enforcement undertaking or imposed a civil sanction for environmental offences.
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
This strategy sets out the Environment Agency's equality, diversity and inclusion priorities from 2022 to 2025.
Environment Agency 2021 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.
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