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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the floating covers for slurry stores and lagoons item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of geodiversity features item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ram pumps and associated pipework item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restoration of large water bodies item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of dead wood habitat on trees item.
Special consent provisions for National Trust Commons, these are subject to laws which are different from section 38 of the Commons Act 2006.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Find out where work is underway to improve coastal access in Essex.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the timber sluice item.
Find out about the proposed changes to the section from Mersea Outdoors to Coopers Beach Holiday Park.
Find out about proposals to improve coastal access in Hampshire.
As a local authority or national park authority, find out what responsibilities you have for your LAF.
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2026 for rights of way orders
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the relocation of sheep dips and pens item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall supplement - difficult sites item.
Works and processes that do not need Section 38 consent, including a list of the works that we think fall outside the scope of section 38
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published before 1st January 2019
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the identification of orchard fruit tree varieties item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the self supporting covers for slurry stores item.
Category B Works: works that are exempt from the Section 38 consent process
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