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  • Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

  • A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

  • Apply for a specific licence for any movement in a bluetongue zone not covered by a general licence.

  • The rules you must follow if you own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales.

  • How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.

  • When you need to use movement licences.

  • Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.

  • How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.

  • Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.

  • Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.

  • The Department for Education's (DfE) sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative.

  • Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.

  • Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England. 

  • How to report dead wild birds.

  • Register exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.

  • What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.

  • You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.

  • When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.

  • 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.

  • How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.