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  • 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.

  • Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.

  • 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.

  • Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.

  • Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.

  • Woodlands may be eligible for certain tax reliefs and exemptions, depending on the type of woodland and its purpose.

  • Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.

  • Access times for Defence Training Estate Lulworth and Tynham Village, Dorset.

  • Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the concrete yard renewal item.

  • The UKFS defines the government requirements for forestry in the UK. It provides a basis for regulation and monitoring, including national and international reporting.

  • As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.

  • 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).

  • Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.

  • If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow laying item.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the species management plan item.

  • Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.

  • How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.

  • Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.