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Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Guidance to help local councils in developing policies for renewable and low carbon energy and identifies the planning considerations.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
Your local council can introduce extra controls on emissions if there are…
The darker the smoke, the more polluting it tends to be. Smoke darker than…
You need a permit for most generators, furnaces and boilers. Get a permit…
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
This information explains what the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) is, how to apply, and the additional help in place to support leaseholders and residents affected by unsafe external wall systems.
How to display number or licence plates, get plates made up, replace lost, damaged or stolen plates, and the national letters, flags and symbols you can display.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Rules on buffer strips that you must follow if you have hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Government incentives for CHP schemes
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
Rules for tinted vehicle windows and what could happen if you break the rules
Use this tool to find out if you need to apply for a simple bespoke or complex bespoke medium combustion plant permit.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
This factsheet provides a summary of key information about the contract for residents living in buildings where developers have pledged to remediate historic fire safety defects.
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