Guidance and regulation

The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 20 October 2022

How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 8 May 2024

Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 7 September 2021

How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 April 2024

How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 March 2024

How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 October 2023

The signs of bird flu and how to report it in poultry and other captive birds.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2022

How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 30 April 2024

How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 April 2024

Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 2024

How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 March 2024

How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 17 February 2023

As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 17 August 2022

How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 July 2022

How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
• Updated: 30 April 2024

How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 6 December 2023

What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.  

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 2 April 2024