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Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
How councils assess and deal with nuisance odours from industrial, trade and business premises.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the feasibility study item.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
If your site is in the Development High Risk Area, for most forms of development you must submit a Coal Mining Risk Assessment to your local planning authority.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
The types of work on or near a main river or sea defence that don't need an environmental permit so are excluded from the regulations.
What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship or the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
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