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Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England.
Find out how to prepare written assessments to collect paper and card with other dry recyclables. Assessments will be required from March 2025 or March 2026, depending where you collect from.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
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.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
Register waste exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
When you need to use movement licences.
Apply for a specific licence for any movement in a bluetongue zone not covered by a general licence.
Official Veterinarians (OVs) and Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCOs) in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Guidance for employers who want to put in place a cycle to work scheme.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
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