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When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain…
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
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 councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
Use this service to apply for a licence to vaccinate animals against bluetongue or move birds or animals onto or off premises in disease control zones.
Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
Guidance to help companies comply with the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations, including greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.
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