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Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
The rules you must follow if you own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales.
How to register if you keep up to 49 birds, including any you keep as pets.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Find out when and how to apply for CSHT funding from 2025 and how to manage your agreement.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Legally manufacture meters which are of the design originally approved and ensure they are verified to operate within the statutory limits.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
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