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  • Defra to push ahead with reforms to environmental permitting rules
  • Guidance: DSA02-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations
  • Regulation: DSA02 DFSR Defence: Aerodrome Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Regulations

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businessgreen.com /1 month ago

Defra to push ahead with reforms to environmental permitting rules

Government claims proposals will streamline process for securing environmental permits for clean technology and infrastructure projects in England, while maintaining nature and pu...

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gov.uk /1 month ago

Guidance: DSA02-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations

This publication contains the Defence environmental protection regulations for UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) activity and the guidance document to be read alongside it.

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gov.uk /1 month ago

Regulation: DSA02 DFSR Defence: Aerodrome Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Regulations

DSA02 DFSR Defence Aerodrome Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) regulations provides guidance to Aerodrome Operators and ARFF service providers to ensure they are capable of meeting the r...

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businessgreen.com /1 month ago

Defra plots faster planning process for Sizewell C nuclear plant and Teesside SAF refinery

Planning decisions for major clean energy projects to be accelerated by appointment of Environment Agency as single lead environmental regulator, according to Defra

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gov.uk /1 month ago

Guidance: Defence Land Safety and Environmental Regulations

Regulations used by Defence Land Safety Regulator (DLSR) in the management of safety and environmental aspects of land domain activities.

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foodsafetynews.com /1 month ago

Food agency warned for refusing hygiene ratings request

An agency in the Isle of Man has been told to look again at a food hygiene request after initially refusing to release information.The Information Commissioner upheld a complaint a...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

DAERA opens regional food programme for applications

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening of the 2026-2027 Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme (NIRFP). The programme prov...

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businessgreen.com /1 week ago

'Waste crime is evolving, but so are we': Government publishes beefed up Waste Crime Action Plan

Defra promises tougher sentencing for 'waste cowboys' and more sophisticated identity, criminal record, and technical checks for waste handlers

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gov.uk /1 day ago

Regulation: Regulatory Article (RA) 5726: integrity management

RA requiring a comprehensive, through-life, integrity management approach to assure air system integrity.

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Dead animal dumping in Tyrone under ‘active investigation’ – DAERA

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that an “active investigation” of animal dumping is underway in Clogher, Co. Tyrone and surroundi...

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businessgreen.com /2 weeks ago

Defra and RHS launch virtual plant health centre

New centre funded by Defra to explore solutions to emerging threats and diseases that are increasing due to climate change

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Concerns raised over potential impact of ‘cheap egg imports’ into UK

The UK government has assessed how its proposed ban on keeping layers in cages will impact the “competitiveness and viability of UK egg producers”. That’s according to Department f...

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agriland.ie /3 days ago

DAERA issues reminder of marketing and welfare requirements for eggs

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has provided guidance to the poultry industry of its statutory obligations. This follows th...

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gov.uk /1 day ago

Regulation: Regulatory Article (RA) 5850: military design approved organization (MRP Part 21 Subpart J)

RA covering the responsibilities and privileges of the holder of military design organization approval.

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businessgreen.com /2 weeks ago

Watchdog calls for 'significant improvement' in waste site inspections

Office for Environmental Protection warns of 'significant weaknesses' in the effectiveness, consistency, and oversight of the inspection regime for waste operations and installatio...

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rte.ie /1 month ago

Dept defends welfare standards for live calf exports

The Department of Agriculture has defended welfare standards for calves exported live from Ireland.

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying

Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock unitsMinisters are rewriting planning rules to make it easier to build intensive l...

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express.co.uk /6 days ago

£5,000 fine for people returning to UK with these items in suitcases

DEFRA has issued an alert to UK holidaymakers over EU food import restrictions

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

DAERA confirms plan to lift NI housing order for poultry

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has today (Wednesday, April 29) announced plan to lift the housing order for poultry and captive birds in Norther...

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theconstructionindex.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Defra, Natural England, seek your newt experiences

The great crested newt has found itself at the centre of a political battlefield over how to preserve nature and deliver homes. Now, and until May 22 2026, Defra and Natural Englan...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

Public consultation launched in NI on animal welfare reforms

Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has launched a public consultation on “the next phase” of proposals on animal welfare. The co...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Annual report on NI rural needs monitoring published

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has published the latest Rural Needs Annual Monitoring Report. The report provides a formal...

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