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Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
Support and guidance for local authorities developing heat networks.
How the Environment Agency and its partners will maintain and upgrade flood defences in the Thames Estuary to adapt to rising sea levels.
How to object or make representations to a public rights of way order
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
Find out if you can legally drive across common land or town and village greens to access your property.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking item.
Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPA) site assessments and a methodology document.
This Marine Policy Statement (MPS) is the framework for preparing Marine Plans and taking decisions affecting the marine environment.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
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