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Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and how to apply.
How to use the Rural Payments service to register land and update digital maps.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to create a sketch map to register land or update the land details on your digital maps on the Rural Payments service.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.
Find out what land details you need to register on the Rural Payments service to apply for rural payments.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
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