We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get.
Fill in this form to express your interest in applying for certain Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) topics.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect bats, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines
Developers should fill in this form to show how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Check the risk of coastal erosion in different parts of England - and find out about plans to manage coastal erosion in England.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Use these forms to apply for a water resources licence.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.
How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
Information on the legal responsibilities of people who own or care for domestic pets.
Check if you need to get permission from the Environment Agency to do work on or next to a river, watercourse, flood defence or sea defence
Complete part F1 if you are applying for a new permit or applying to change, transfer or surrender an existing permit.
Report a problem (adverse event) with animal medicine, animal medicine in the environment or food, or an animal exposed to human medicine.
Use this form to submit samples to test pets for rabies antibodies for international pet travel schemes.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).