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As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
Single application form which allows for both highways statements and declarations, and landowner statements.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
This document provides general guidance to electricity companies that propose applying to the Secretary of State for the grant of a necessary…
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.
Natural England and Environment Agency see justice delivered for nature as landowner sentenced for destruction of part of the River Lugg in Herefordshire.
Find out if you can legally drive across common land or town and village greens to access your property.
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Find out about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it
Read inspiring case studies of successful tree planting and woodland creation projects from across England.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
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