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Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Find out when you need a felling licence to fell trees, and what we do if trees are felled without a licence. This can apply to your land, or land you manage.
Description of the data set showing the known extent of coal mining activity that is used to identify possible ground instability and potential mining hazards.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
New EU Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing (IUU) requirements mean that UK exporters will need to provide additional information on catch certificates and other IUU documents from 10 January 2026. The changes detai…
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow laying item.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
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 farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
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