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Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
FCDO travel advice for Chad. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Peru. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
FCDO travel advice for Brazil. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Ethiopia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
13 April 2024 – drones and missiles fired from Iran into Israel (‘Warnings and Insurance’ page)
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Pennines region
FCDO travel advice for Iraq. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Rules farmers and landowners must follow if their land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
FCDO travel advice for Guatemala. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
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