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  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (tube and mesh) item.

  • How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree guard (wood post and wire) item.

  • How to create a sketch map to register land or update the land details on your digital maps on the Rural Payments service.

  • Information for those who own or manage ash trees, including private tree and woodland owners as well as local authorities.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the woodland management plan item.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the making space for water option.

  • How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.

  • Advice and guidance for customers applying for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee.

  • Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock handling facilities item.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings option.

  • If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the major preparatory works for priority habitats (creation and restoration) and priority species item.

  • How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.

  • Information on the lock keeper service on the River Thames.

  • The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a serious pest of spruce. There are exemptions and restrictions for planting spruce in the demarcated area.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of lowland wood pasture option. This option is now available in both the lowlands and the uplands.

  • Rules on buffer strips that you must follow if you have hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.

  • Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.