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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restore coppicing in woodland item.
Technical eligibility criteria and application guidance for the plug-in van and truck grant scheme for manufacturers.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
How to spot brucellosis, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
Guidance on how to meet the requirements for an Environmental Stewardship agreement.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the small wildlife box item.
This guidance is intended to explain how local authorities should implement the regime on contaminated land.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) rules from 2015 to 2023.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
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