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How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Rules on buffer strips that you must follow if you have hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for low input grassland.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
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