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Types of waste and the maximum amounts you can use in building projects, landscaping or drainage works under a U1 exemption.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
What flood alerts and flood warnings mean and what you should do when they're issued.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Details of fees and charges including information on how to pay.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
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