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The Coal Authority is undertaking an emergency review of all spoil tips in Wales.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
This advice summarises the applicant and decision maker obligations under the Habitats Regulations in the context of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
Find out who pays Landfill Tax on material at unauthorised sites.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
This page tells you how to identify common constraints and designations within your forestry project’s proposal area and sets out what you must consider or do in relation to individual constraints.
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