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When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
Identify, report, prevent and minimise the introduction, spread and impacts of tree pests and diseases in the UK.
Find out how to improve permanent access and infrastructure at woodlands you manage.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls
Violence against security staff is unacceptable. Find out what you can do to prevent it.
Information for healthcare professionals to protect the public from pressure ulcers (bed sores).
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
This section describes the mechanisms to prevent or reduce the impact of accidental pollution incidents.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
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