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Environmental management

Land management: detailed information

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Natural England, Rural Payments Agency, Forestry Commission, Environment Agency
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Commons and greens

  • 2018 Common land notices and decisions
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  • Common land: guidance for commons registration authorities and applicants
  • Common land and town or village greens: access your property by vehicle
  • Common land and town or village greens: how a claim of ownership can affect the land
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  • Managing common land
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  • Town and village greens: how to register

Contaminated land

  • Contaminated land
  • Contaminated land exposure assessment (CLEA) tool
  • Land and groundwater remediation deployment form
  • Land contamination: technical guidance
  • Radioactive land contamination: guidance and information
  • Radioactively contaminated land exposure assessment (RCLEA) tool

Farming

  • Countryside Stewardship: How to apply
  • EIA (Agriculture) regulations: apply to make changes to rural land
  • Environmental Stewardship: guidance and forms for agreement holders
  • How HS2 affects payments for stewardship scheme agreements
  • Manage waste on land: guidance for land managers
  • Manage water on land: guidance for land managers
  • Organic farming: how to get certification and apply for funding
  • Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) pilot study in England
  • White asbestos on farms: how to spot, manage and dispose of it

Hedgerows

  • Appeal a hedgerow notice
  • Countryside hedgerows: protection and management

Pollution

  • Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers
  • Grassland derogations for livestock manure in nitrate vulnerable zones
  • Storing organic manures in nitrate vulnerable zones
  • Using nitrogen fertilisers in nitrate vulnerable zones

Protected sites

  • Sites of special scientific interest: managing your land
  • Sites of special scientific interest: public body responsibilities

Weeds and invasive, non-native plants

  • How to stop invasive non-native plants from spreading
  • How to stop Japanese knotweed from spreading

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  • Heather and grass burning: rules and applying for a licence
  • Local environmental quality

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