The Environment Agency supports sustainable development and creates better places for people and wildlife.
It helps businesses manage resources, prevent flooding and coastal erosion, protects and improves water, land and biodiversity.
The organisation provides advice and guidelines. Here, we’re sharing the most relevant links for golf clubs.
Chemicals
- F gas: guidance for users, producers and traders
- Land contamination: technical guidance
- Monitoring emissions to air, land and water (MCERTS)
- Standing Committee of Analysts (SCA) blue books
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Energy efficiency
- ESOS
- CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: qualification and registration
- CRC: guidance for participants in phase 2
- CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: annual reporting
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Environmental permits
- Access the public register for environmental information
- Register your waste exemptions: environmental permits (England)
- Standard rules: environmental permitting
- Check if you need an environmental permit
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Environmental planning
- Developers: get environmental advice on your planning proposals
- Local planning authorities, transport authorities and agencies: get environmental advice on planning
- Get environmental advice on neighbourhood plans, development orders and community right to build orders
Environmental risk management
- Access the public register for environmental information
- Report an environmental incident
- Land contamination: technical guidance
- Check if you need permission to do work on a river, flood defence or sea defence
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Flooding and coastal change
- Find out if you’re at risk of flooding
- Standard rules: environmental permitting
- Check if you need an environmental permit
- Flood risk activities: environmental permits
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Land management
- Prevent harmful weeds and invasive non-native plants spreading
- Prevent Japanese knotweed from spreading
- Land contamination: technical guidance
- Nutrient management: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
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Low carbon energy
- Harnessing hydroelectric power
- New nuclear power: assessing power station designs
- New nuclear power: support for industry development
- Nuclear power: Hinkley Point
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Oil spills
Oil storage
Protected sites and species
- Developers: get environmental advice on your planning proposals
- Local planning authorities, transport authorities and agencies: get environmental advice on planning
- Freshwater pearl mussel: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Services
Waste
- Access the public register for environmental information
- Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)
- Dispose of business or commercial waste
- Find a local hazardous waste disposal service
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Water
- Access the public register for environmental information
- Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
- Water situation reports for England
- Riverside ownership: rights and responsibilities
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