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Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Find out what to expect from a site visit carried out by an RPA field officer to check you’re complying with your SFI agreement.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Find out what the responsibilities of a UK Freeport customs site operator are.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Learn how the Government Digital Service is monitoring accessibility under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This section will help you complete your permit application for a landfill for inert waste, or to deposit waste on land as a recovery activity. It will help you decide what information you must include in your application.
Find out about the reverse charge for supplies of services reported within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
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