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How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to complete one and how it is processed.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
Use this service to apply for a licence to vaccinate animals against bluetongue or move birds or animals onto or off premises in disease control zones.
Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
Outcome of Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 6 which commenced on 27 March 2024.
Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
Guidance to help companies comply with the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations, including greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.
Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sheep netting item.
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