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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the agroforestry plan item.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Non-statutory standards for the design, maintenance and operation of surface water drainage systems in England.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the pipework associated with livestock troughs item.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
When and how Countryside Stewardship agreement holders can create an annual declaration online for their 2026 revenue claim.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
North East rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock handling facilities item.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
Use the public registers to find details on proposed forestry work and Forestry Commission decisions to approve or reject proposals.
Environment Agency regulatory position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
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