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When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Find out about extensions for CS Mid Tier agreements due to end in December 2025.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
How to use the Rural Payments service to register land and update digital maps.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.
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).
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
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