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A list of grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health from the Forestry Commission.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
Helps you find the information you need in the river basin management plans (RBMPs).
Airborne allergens are particles in the air, including fungal spores and pollutants, that can cause or worsen allergic reactions and respiratory conditions such as hay fever and asthma.
Find out when you can apply ash, shellfish shells and eggshells to land as fertiliser without processing.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
Learn more about the history, science and policy behind GDF
What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).
IST is a national sampling scheme based on the British Standard BS 6002-1:1993 (sampling procedures for inspection by variables).
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
FCERM projects can share the costs using national and local sources of funding.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to register a racing pigeon establishment in England and Wales to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for racing back to Great Britain.
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