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How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
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.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
Information on BTV-3 vaccines for keepers and vets, including rules for reporting vaccinations and keeping records.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
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.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
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.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Details of fees and charges including information on how to pay.
Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.
As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
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