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This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.
Supplementary guidance offering an overview of those priority open habitats most likely to need consideration during the planning and assessment of woodland creation proposals.
Read the rules on compatibility of England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.
See where the National Park boundary has been extended under the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Designation) (Variation) Confirmation Order 2015.
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters for rights of way orders within 2020, 2021 and 2022
Information on Forestry Commission datasets and how to access them.
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
Find out what you should include in a heritage management plan, who to consult and the approval process for conditionally exempt properties.
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
When you need an environmental permit, licence or to address planning considerations to mitigate nutrient pollution.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed with existing washdown area item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the timber sluice item.
Anglian Navigation Byelaws
Find out where work is underway to improve coastal access in Hampshire and West Sussex.
Find out which NNRs are located in this part of England.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
Find out about the merger and extension of 6 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.
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