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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.
Find out how to apply for approval under the scheme, how to claim for the subsidy, how much you can claim and what records you need to keep.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland, and can be used for grant and felling licence applications.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
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.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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