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Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Access times for Defence Training Estate Lulworth and Tynham Village, Dorset.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access in England.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Boat registration charges for the River Thames.
The Forestry Commission controls tree felling by issuing felling licences. Find out when you need to apply.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Find woodland agreements, felling licences and other designations or features on any chosen area of land in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
Responsibilities for visitors to the countryside and those who manage the land.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
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