Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs documents within the Construction Information Service

• Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 as amended by the Environment Act 2021. Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 Part III. Local air quality management. Technical guidance (TG22): August 2022
• Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 as amended by the Environment Act 2021. Local air quality management. Policy guidance (PG22): August 2022
• Payments for ecosystem services: a best practice guide
• Payments for ecosystem services: a best practice guide. Annex - case studies
• Planning act 2008 - issuing a national policy statement for waste water: impact assessment
• Pollution prevention and control regulations 2000. Pollution prevention and control (waste incineration directive) (England and Wales) direction 2002
• Post-adoption statement - national policy statement for hazardous waste
• Post-legislative scrutiny of the Flood and water management act 2010
• Post-legislative scrutiny of the Natural environment and rural communities act 2006. Cm 9473
• Private sewers transfer regulations - provisional non-statutory guidance on private sewers transfer regulations
• Procuring the future - sustainable procurement national action plan: recommendations from the sustainable procurement task force
• Progress on implementation of the habitats directive implementation review
• Progress with delivery of commitments from the Government's review of waste policy in England (2011)
• Protected landscapes targets and outcomes framework
• Protected sites and areas: how to review planning applications
• Protocol on design, construction and adoption of sewers in England and Wales
• Provision for specified water and sewerage infrastructure projects in England - impact assessment
• Quality of life counts - indicators for a strategy for sustainable development for the United Kingdom. 2004 update
• Rainwater and grey water: a guide for specifiers (Withdrawn)
• Rainwater and grey water: review of water quality standards and recommendations for the UK (Withdrawn)
• Rainwater and grey water: technical and economic feasibility (Withdrawn)
• REACH enforcement (amendment) regulations 2014. Impact assessment
• Record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development
• Recycling and waste: electrical and electronic equipment. EC directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
• Reform of the regulatory system to control small sewage discharges from septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants in England. Additional information - October 2014
• Reform of the regulatory system to control small sewage discharges from septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants in England. General binding rules for small sewage discharges (SSDs) with effect from January 2015
• Reforming the regulatory system for controlling small sewage discharges (SSDs)
• Reforms to public rights of way in response to Penfold review - impact assessment
• Regional quality of life counts - 2003: regional versions of the national headline indicators of sustainable development. 4th edition
• Register a biodiversity site and allocate to a development
• Regulation on the provision for special water and sewerage infrastructure projects in England - Impact assessment
• Relaxation or removal of a general restriction: guidance for land managers
• Relaxation or removal of a general restriction: guidance for relevant authorities
• Report of a review of the arrangements for determining responsibility for surface water and drainage assets
• Reporting your biodiversity duty actions
• Reservoir safety in England and Wales - report of the Consultation on the implementation of amendments to the Reservoirs act 1975: the policy to be implemented in England
• Reservoir safety in England and Wales - summary of responses to the Consultation on the implementation of amendments to the Reservoirs act 1975
• Reservoirs Act 1975. The Flood Plan (Reservoirs Emergency Planning) Direction 2021
• Reservoirs: owner and operator requirements
• Resources and waste strategy. Monitoring progress. 4th edition
• Review for implementation of schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010
• Review of English national park authorities
• Review of environmental and health effects of waste management: municipal solid waste and similar wastes
• Review of local approaches to surface water flood risk management. Final report
• Review of marine nature conservation - working group report to government
• Review of policy for development in areas at flood risk
• Review of the rural white paper - our countryside: the future
• Review of waste policies - call for evidence
• Revision of REACH to address asbestos derogation: final impact assessment
• River basin planning guidance
• Royal commission on environmental pollution's report on the urban environment - government response
• Rural delivery review - a report on the delivery of government policies in rural England
• Rural proofing in England 2020. Delivering policy in a rural context
• Rural proofing. Practical guidance to consider the outcomes of policies in rural areas
• Rural statement 2012
• Rural strategy 2004
• Safeguarding our soils - a strategy for England
• Safeguarding sea life - the joint UK response to the review of marine nature conservation
• Scoping study for the design and use of biodiversity offsets in an English context
• Secretary of State's guidance for the chemical treatment of timber and wood based products
• Section 15 - guidance notes for the completion of an application for the registration of land as a town or village green outside the pioneer implementation areas
• Securing a healthy natural environment - an action plan for embedding an ecosystems approach
• Securing the regions' futures - strengthening delivery of sustainable development in the English regions
• Sell biodiversity units as a land manager
• Shoreline management plan guidance - volume 1: aims and requirements
• Shoreline management plan guidance - volume 2: procedures (includes appendices)
• Simple guide to biodiversity 2020 and progress update
• Simplifying and streamlining rights of way procedures - impact assessment
• Site waste management plans: non-statutory guidance and tools currently available
• Sites of special scientific interest: appeal a management notice
• Sites of special scientific interest: appeal a refusal or change of consent
• Sites of special scientific interest: encouraging positive partnerships - code of guidance
• Six-year report on progress with marine plans in England (for the period 2009-2015)
• Six-year report on progress with marine plans in England (for the period 2015-2021)
• Soil strategy for England - impact assessment
• Soil strategy for England - supporting evidence paper
• Statutory biodiversity credit prices
• Statutory biodiversity credits
• Statutory biodiversity metric (including small sites)
• Statutory guidance for Natural England on regional planning and associated matters - a consultation
• Strategy for England's trees, woods and forests
• Strategy for hazardous waste management
• Strategy for promoting an integrated approach to the management of coastal areas in England
• Study into the environmental impacts of increasing the supply of housing in the UK. Final report
• Submit a biodiversity gain plan
• Summary of responses to the consultation on "Tackling water pollution from the urban environment"
• Summary of responses to the consultation on a Draft Hazardous waste national policy statement (14 July 2011 - 20 October 2011)
• Supplement to the UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations
• Surface water management plan - an action plan
• Surface water management plan technical guidance
• Surface water management. A government update
• Survey of public attitudes to quality of life and to the environment - 2001
• Survey of town and village green applications under section 15 of the Commons Act 2006
• Sustainable communities - a shared agenda, a share of the action. A guide for local authorities
• Sustainable drainage systems - non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems
• The way ahead for rural services - a guide to good practice in locating rural services
• Timber in construction roadmap 2025
• Total environment - progress report
• Total environment - progress summary
• Towards a one nation economy: a 10-point plan for boosting productivity in rural areas