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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall restoration item.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
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.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow coppicing item.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Information about sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), including how to report sightings.
A list of registration charges for Anglian Waterways.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Use the public registers to find details on proposed forestry work and Forestry Commission decisions to approve or reject proposals.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
From 7 October 2025, dogs commercially imported from Romania must have a negative Brucella canis test result. Find out how to send samples to Great Britain for testing.
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 the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
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.
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