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A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
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