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The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
How to register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
Find out about the quality of water at England’s beaches and inland waters and signage rules for local councils.
How local authorities can issue permits to businesses that produce pollution and regulate those business premises.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
How the government will deliver changes to agricultural policy and land management schemes in England.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
Draft version of the statutory instrument to ban the sale and supply of disposable vapes in England.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
Information about Sevington BCP and the checks that take place there.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export pets to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
Bat licences for mitigation, surveys, research, possession and sale.
Find out if you can legally drive across common land or town and village greens to access your property.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating Model.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
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