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Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
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 wooden field gate item.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Information about getting permission to enter, disturb or change coal mines or coal managed or owned by the Mining Remediation Authority that’s on your property.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
Slaughterhouses that slaughter an average of 2,000 or more sheep per week must register with RPA and follow the rules on classifying carcases.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
Use the grant manual and forms to apply for funding to create woodland under the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Use the public registers to find details on proposed forestry work and Forestry Commission decisions to approve or reject proposals.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
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