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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Find out if you can claim enhanced structures and buildings allowance relief on qualifying expenditure on structures and buildings in a UK Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site.
Find out if you can claim relief from employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions when you employ someone in a UK Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
This page tells you how to identify common constraints and designations within your forestry project’s proposal area and sets out what you must consider or do in relation to individual constraints.
Find out if you can claim relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax when buying land or buildings in a Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site in England.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
NRS is responsible for safely decommissioning the first generation nuclear and research sites across the UK and the operation of a hydro-electric plant.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
The sale of land is determined by the potential number of homes that a housing developer or registered provider can build on a given site.
Find out what to do when you transport goods out of the UK under a transit movement to common transit countries.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
This page brings together information on Freeports operating within the UK.
Find out what you’ll need to do if you’re a business who wants to move goods into or out of a UK Freeport customs site.
This environmental resource guide seeks to support the rollout of digital infrastructure in England, by providing greater awareness of climate adaptation, environmental improvements (biodiversity gains), and low carbon considerations. The guide is based on England jurisdiction, but has direct relevance...
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