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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.
Guidance to help companies comply with the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations, including greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.
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.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Information on the UK government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) by assessing and endorsing the global corporate reporting baseline of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
Funding will be available for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England.
Sign in to your Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) installer account to apply for vouchers and track the progress of your applications.
Register waste exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
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