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Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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.
How to report dead wild birds.
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.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
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).
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal 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.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Guidance to help companies comply with the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations, including greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.
Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
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