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Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sheep netting item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the concrete yard renewal item.
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) item.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock and machinery hardcore tracks item.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the wooden field gate item.
Responsibilities for visitors to the countryside and those who manage the land.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Boat registration charges for the River Thames.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access visits item.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
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