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Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Recreational organisations like caravan clubs or the Scouts can apply for an exemption to camp without a licence or planning permission.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging must collect and submit packaging data.
Use this service to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) about a change to your kept bird record or to confirm your details every 12 months.
As a local authority, you can issue a fine or take legal action against businesses for nuisance parking.
How to register a reservoir, appoint a panel engineer, produce a flood plan, prepare an inspection information pack and report an incident.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Information on the restrictions affecting the navigation on the River Thames.
A list of registration charges for Anglian Waterways.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will open a bluefin tuna (BFT) catch and release recreational fishery (CRRF) in English waters in 2026. The MMO will run the application process and will issue permits only for vessel…
Use this service to apply for a new licence or add activity codes to an existing Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) licence.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can exceed storage capacity at permitted or unpermitted sites in response to current national treatment capacity constraints for WTEE.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
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