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Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.
Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Official Veterinarians (OVs) and Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCOs) in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
How to report dead wild birds.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England.
A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
When you may need an environmental permit or licence for activities that could pollute, increase flood risk, affect land drainage or affect water resources. Check the rules and get advice before you start operating.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
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