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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance on the European Union regulation on explosives precursors, including licensing, labelling and reporting suspicious activity
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
What you must do to carry out a risk assessment if you're a farmer applying for a bespoke permit for intensive farming.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
The Planning Inspectorate launches tiered pre-application service, with full cost recovery and smoother examinations.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Complete if you are applying for a new standard facilities permit.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Complete part D1 if you want to transfer an existing permit for a water discharge or groundwater activity.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
Complete if you are applying to vary (change) an existing permit.
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