Agriculture provides wildlife habitats, a well-loved landscape and a place for recreation but it also has some less desirable impacts on the environment.
We regulate farming through regimes such as Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) compliance, water abstraction licensing, and Environmental Permitting Regulations.
East Anglia and south east England are in drought and other regions are experiencing near drought conditions. We've activated our drought plans and produce a weekly drought management brief:
You can take the opportunity to abstract high summer flows before 1 November 2011:
For more details about regimes affecting agriculture see:
If your farm has a private sewage treatment system or makes any other discharges to water, you may require an environmental permit.
Working in or near rivers
If you are planning to do any work in or near a watercourse, you may need to appy for various permissions before you start. Please contact us for more information.