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How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Use Natural England’s advice packages to find out if your activity, proposal or area has a potential impact on MPAs and the species and habitats within them.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to install and use tactile paving surfaces to help visually impaired and other pedestrians recognise potential hazards and other features in roads, rail and other locations.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
How to meet the requirements of using mobile plant for landspreading waste to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
When you need an environmental permit, licence or to address planning considerations to mitigate nutrient pollution.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
Free and impartial help with money and pensions.
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