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How to find out which sort of commons registrations authority you are and how you must maintain your registers.
Information about the scheme to restore English peatlands and how to apply for funding.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat and dispose of invasive non-native plant material without an environmental permit.
How to deal with applications and proposals, amend your registers of common land and town and village greens, and set fees.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Guidance for local authorities and other land managers in England on maintaining local environmental quality.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
How to set up a commons council to manage common land.
Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim a revenue or capital payment.
Use this code to help you follow the rules when you produce or use sewage sludge in agriculture.
How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
Find out what landscape character assessments are and how they can be used.
What you must do to carry out a risk assessment if you're a farmer applying for a bespoke permit for intensive farming.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
What farmers and land managers must know about slurry separators, storing and applying separated materials.
Overview for people who want to apply to make a change to the registers of common land or the registers of town and village greens.
How to register new rights and make changes to existing rights of common.
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