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How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
How to assess sector-specific planning applications that could affect air quality on a protected site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access visits item.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Funding for local authorities and social housing landlords to improve the energy performance of social homes in England.
Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
How to spot lumpy skin disease, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.
Use this service to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.
Supplementary guidance to Treasury’s Green Book providing government analysts with rules for valuing energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
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