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Open access restriction at Dungeness National Nature Reserve (case number 2016118277)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 12 January 2017 -
Consultation on changes to packaging recycling business targets for paper, steel, aluminium, wood and overall recovery and recycling for 2018-20
Packaging Regulations : consultation on new packaging recycling business targets for 2018-20 for overall recovery and recycling and material specific targets for paper, steel, aluminium and wood We want to know what you think about our plans to introduce new business targets under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations. The regulations require producers of packaging to ensure that a proportion of the packaging they handle is recovered and recycled. The... MoreClosed 6 January 2017 -
Consultation on code appeals for the water supply and sewerage licensing regime
The Water Act 2014 introduced reforms to the competition regimes in the water sector. These include changes that will allow all businesses, charities and public bodes to choose alternative water suppliers from April 2017. This is known as the water supply and sewerage licensing regime (the WSSL). These reforms include the introduction of statutory codes by Ofwat that will regulate the agreements between incumbent water companies and WSSL licensees. The consultation is seeking views on... MoreClosed 13 December 2016 -
Marine Management Organisation call for evidence on marine protected area assessments
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is carrying out site assessments for those marine protected areas (MPA) in English inshore waters that we are the lead regulator for. These assessments will help ensure current and potential fishing activities do not have a negative impact on habitats and species in these MPAs. We are seeking your views on these draft assessments. MoreClosed 12 December 2016 -
Formal consultation of MMO Margate and Long Sands European Marine Site (Specified Areas) Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw 2016
The byelaw will help protect sensitive areas of the Margate and Long Sands sandbanks, and the MMO would like feedback from all interested parties on the proposed management measures. MoreClosed 12 December 2016 -
Implementation of Clean Air Zones in England
This consultation seeks views on the implementation of Clean Air Zones in England. A cleaner, healthier environment benefits people and the economy. Our ambition is for the UK to have some of the very best air quality in the world and Clean Air Zones are designed to help us deliver this. In the national air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide, published in December 2015, Government committed to consulting on the draft framework for Clean Air Zones in 2016. The plan also set out that the... MoreClosed 9 December 2016 -
Open access restriction at Cabin Hill NNR (case numbers 2013086900 & 2014017039)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 2 December 2016 -
Open access restriction at Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR (case numbers 2013086907 & 2014017038)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 2 December 2016 -
Consultation on WEEE Compliance Fee Methodology 2016 Evaluation of Proposals
Evaluation of proposals The UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013 establish a system in which producers of equipment are required to finance the cost of collection, treatment, recovery and recycling of WEEE arising from private households. The regulations establish a system of annual collection targets that are imposed on Producer Compliance Schemes (PCSs). The Secretary of State has discretionary powers to approve a compliance fee methodology as an... MoreClosed 25 November 2016 -
The Marketing Of Fruit Plant Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2016 and The Marketing Of Fruit Plant Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2016
This consultation seeks views on proposed regulations which revoke and replace the Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations 2010. Their purpose is to implement new EU directives introducing standards for the identity and quality of fruit propagating material. Defra is consulting on behalf of Welsh Government, although separate regulations for England and Wales will be made. Defra and Welsh Government intend to lay regulations in late 2016 and transpose the directives by 31 December... MoreClosed 25 November 2016 -
Enhanced bovine TB surveillance and controls in the High Risk and Edge Areas of England
Bovine TB is the most pressing and costly animal health problem in the UK. The disease threatens our cattle industry and presents a risk to other livestock and also to wildlife species (mainly badgers), pets and humans. The Government remains determined to eradicate bovine TB. This is the latest in a series of consultation exercises aimed at introducing sensible and proportionate TB control measures in cattle that will, when combined with measures to address the TB risk posed by badgers,... MoreClosed 8 November 2016 -
Open access restriction at Ludham and Potter Heigham Marshes NNR (case number 2016088212)
The Broads Authority is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to... MoreClosed 8 November 2016 -
Bovine TB: tackling infection in pigs, sheep, goats, captive deer and South American camelids
Bovine TB is the most pressing and costly animal health problem in the UK. The disease threatens our cattle industry and presents a risk to other livestock, as well as wildlife species, pets and humans. The Government remains determined to eradicate bovine TB, including through a comprehensive programme of interventions, as set out in the Strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free (OTF) status for England, which was published in April 2014 and can be found at ... MoreClosed 8 November 2016 -
Bovine TB: a call for views on potential improvement and simplification of the TB testing regime in the High Risk Area of England
This call for views is a precursor to possible full consultation on proposals to simplify the TB testing regime in the High Risk Area (HRA) of England. The Government’s view is that there is potential disease control and practical merit in such simplification but acknowledges that there will be impacts, positive and negative, on some cattle herd owners. So we want to hear your views, which will influence whether, or not, further work is carried out with a view to formal consultation later... MoreClosed 8 November 2016 -
Call for Evidence - Review of England Local Authority Environmental Regulation Fees and Charges
The Government is conducting a review of Local Authority (LA) environmental permitting fees and charges for regulation of industrial plant in England. LAs regulate certain industrial facilities providing permits which set conditions to control, minimise or avoid local pollution and which set emission limits for certain activities. There are charges for granting or in certain cases for varying a permit and annual substance fees levied by LAs on permitted operators. The fees and charges levied... MoreClosed 3 November 2016 -
Consultation on the Review of The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 (as amended)
Defra is carrying out a review of The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 (as amended by the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014). The review will fulfil our statutory commitment to Parliament to review the effectiveness of the Order in relation to its application in England. The Order sets out the detail of how the European Union (EU) pet travel scheme Regulation (EU No. 576/2013 ) operates in Great Britain. This consultation seeks views to... MoreClosed 27 October 2016 -
Flood Risk Management and Modelling Competition
During the course of the government’s National Flood Resilience Review , a wide variety of potential approaches to flood risk management have been highlighted, including new techniques and models for assessing land use, water flow, natural flood management, meteorological sensitivities, property-level resilience and economic impacts. At the same time, Defra’s accelerated open data programme is bringing over 8,000 environmental data sets into the public... MoreClosed 30 September 2016 -
Water industry: draft guidance to Ofwat for water and sewerage connections charges
Water and sewerage Undertakers have a duty to allow new connections to be made to existing water and sewerage networks, including for new housing development. The Water Industry Act 1991 provides for Undertakers to charge for new connections to the network, and for associated work. Since coming into force, the legislation has been interpreted differently by Undertakers. This has impacted upon customers, in particular developers, but connection charges can also apply to self-builds,... MoreClosed 22 July 2016 -
Proposal to remove Silloth from the list of bathing waters
The Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) protects bathers' health at popular beaches and inland waters by requiring water quality to be monitored for intestinal enterococci and E.coli during the bathing season, which in England runs from 15 May to 30 September. The Directive applies to waters that are used by a large number of bathers and where bathing is supported and promoted by the local authority or private owner. If a bathing water is de-designated, monitoring for bathing water... MoreClosed 17 June 2016 -
Consolidation of the Packaging Regulations
This is the statutory consultation regarding Defra’s intention to consolidate the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (the PWR 2007). New SIs are continually being proposed and developed. This consolidation brings together those in existence since 2007, in order to reduce complexity (e.g. by deferring procedural details to the Schedules), on occasion providing greater clarity of language where there is ambiguity and making the Regulations more... MoreClosed 17 May 2016 -
Changes to water abstraction licensing exemptions in England and Wales: New Authorisations
We invite your views on proposed changes to water abstraction licensing exemptions in England and Wales. Defra, the Welsh Government, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are consulting jointly on our intended approach to remove most exemptions from water abstraction licensing and bring these abstractions under licensing control (New Authorisations). Water abstraction is the process of taking water directly from surface water, such as rivers, or ground water. Abstraction can... MoreClosed 8 April 2016 -
Consultation on a set of specific proposed changes to official statistics produced by the Defra group
The Defra group (the core department, together with our agencies and arm’s length bodies) produces and uses a wide range of official statistics. They are used internally to inform policy making and operational delivery and are shared externally, so that others can use the information. We need to keep the statistics relevant and up to date. Requirements are changing across the full range of users of our statistics and - if anything - becoming more complex. New technologies; open data and... MoreClosed 24 March 2016 -
Drinking Water Regulations 2016
This consultation seeks views on draft regulations which revoke and replace the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 (as amended) and the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 (as amended). We intend to lay the draft regulations in spring/summer 2016. The legislation is being updated primarily to transpose the monitoring requirements of the Euratom Directive (Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013) which provides for more efficient monitoring for radioactive... MoreClosed 14 March 2016 -
Consultation on the review of animal establishments licensing in England
Local authorities are required by law to issue licences for specific animal-related establishments and activities, with the aim of maintaining good standards of animal welfare. There is a registration requirement for performing animals, and licensing systems for pet shops, animal boarding, riding establishments and dog breeding. We estimate that there are approximately 2,300 licensed pet shops, 650 licensed dog breeders, 1,800 licensed riding establishments, and 6,300 licensed animal... MoreClosed 12 March 2016 -
National Flood Resilience Review Call for Evidence
Background Following Storm Desmond last December, the government launched a National Flood Resilience Review. The review will be chaired by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Letwin. The Review will assess how the country can be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events. It will focus on four key areas: updating our climate modelling and stress-testing the nation’s resilience to flood risk; assessing the resilience of our important... MoreClosed 4 March 2016 -
Proposal to remove Rock from the list of bathing waters
The Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) protects bathers' health at popular beaches and inland waters by requiring water quality to be monitored for intestinal enterococci and E.coli during the bathing season, which in England runs from 15 May to 30 September. The Directive applies to waters that are used by a large number of bathers and where bathing is supported and promoted by the local authority or private owner. If a bathing water is de-designated, monitoring for bathing water... MoreClosed 3 March 2016 -
Proposal to designate West Runton as a bathing water
The Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) protects bathers' health at popular beaches and inland waters by requiring water quality to be monitored for intestinal enterococci and E.coli during the bathing season, which in England runs from 15 May to 30 September. The Directive applies to waters that are used by a large number of bathers and where bathing is supported and promoted by the local authority or private owner. We have received an application from North Norfolk District Council for... MoreClosed 3 March 2016 -
Defra Guidance & Data Reforms: Costs, Benefits and Early Feedback
Inviting views on the costs and benefits to business and civil society from reform of Defra guidance and information requests, plus feedback from stakeholders on their recent experience of using Defra online guidance and reporting information to Defra and its agencies. Over time, the accumulation of guidance documents and information requirements by Defra and its agencies has made it difficult for businesses, particularly small businesses, to understand and comply with the relevant... MoreClosed 10 February 2016 -
Consultation on rules for mobile crushing of lamps that contain mercury
We are seeking views and comments on options for the regulation of mobile lamp crushing, including replacing the T17 exemption with the requirement for an environmental permit. MoreClosed 8 February 2016 -
Changes to UK legislation on efficiency of EfW plants to reflect changes to the Waste Framework Directive from Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127
Defra and the Welsh Government are making changes to UK legislation to implement new EU Directive 2015/1127 which introduces an amendment to the R1 energy efficiency formula in Annex II of the EU Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) [1] (“the Waste Directive”). The consultation outlines these changes in detail, when these changes will take effect and seeks views on whether stakeholders agree with the way we intend to make these changes. [1] Directive... MoreClosed 29 January 2016
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