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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.
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
Find out about the SFI actions for nutrient management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out about the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land, what land is eligible for each action and what to do to get paid.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out about the SFI actions for hedgerows, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare on farms, in transport, at markets and at slaughter.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
Details of the new Seasonal Worker visa route that replaces the visa route pilot and how to apply to be an operator under the visa route 2022 to 2024.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
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