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Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.

• Updated: 26 September 2025

What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.

• Overview

  There are rules for bringing plants or ‘plant-based products’ (like wood)…

• Plants and plant-based products from the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

  If you’re bringing in plants or plant-based products from the EU,…

• Plants and plant-based products from outside the EU

  If you’re bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from…

• Getting a phytosanitary certificate

  A ‘phytosanitary’ (plant health) certificate proves your plants: have been…

• Bringing in endangered species

  You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…

• Get help

  If you need advice on bringing plants or plant-based products into Great…

Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.

• How Right to Shared Ownership works

  The Right to Shared Ownership scheme allows some tenants in England to buy…

• Who can apply

  You may be eligible to buy a share of your rented home through the Right…

• Costs

  When you apply for Right to Shared Ownership, you’ll need to make sure you…

• Paying rent

  For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent for the share you do not…

• How to apply

  There are 9 steps to apply for Right to Shared Ownership. 1. Tell your…

• Buying more shares ('staircasing')

  You can buy more shares in your home after you become a shared owner. This…

• Selling your home

  You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own a 100%…

• Repairs and home improvements

  When you buy a home with Right to Shared Ownership, your lease will have…

• Renting out all or part of your home (subletting)

  You’ll usually need to get the landlord’s permission to rent out (sublet)…

• Help and advice

  MoneyHelper You can get free, impartial advice from MoneyHelper. This…

A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.

• Updated: 1 October 2009

Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.

Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.

Your council can help you after a fire in your home - Council, emergency housing, Red Cross, fire safety

Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.

Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in

The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.