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This series brings together all documents relating to water quality and abstraction statistics.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
Reviews potential for and limitations of using vegetation for riverbank stabalisation.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on intensive grassland option.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by non-intervention option.
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