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Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
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…
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Details of fees and charges including information on how to pay.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Decommissioning programmes, including dates, locations, installations decommissioned, method of decommissioning and close-out reports where available.
Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
Find woodland agreements, felling licences and other designations or features on any chosen area of land in England.
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
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