What government departments have published

• GuidanceLocal nature recovery strategies: areas and responsible authoritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Apr 2026
• Detailed GuideCountryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier: extensions for 2021 agreementsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 31 Dec 2025
• Detailed GuideCountryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier: extensions for 2021 agreementsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 31 Dec 2025
• Policy PaperGovernment response to the OEP review: Local Nature Recovery Strategies and their role in contributing to nature recovery commitments in EnglandDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 16 Oct 2025
• Policy PaperMarine Protected Areas network report (2019 to 2024)Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 18 Dec 2024
• Press Release£20m available in eighth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auctionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 29 Sep 2024
• News StoryVital marine ecosystems in an additional 4,000 square km of our seas to receive protectionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 22 Mar 2024
• News StoryBottom towed fishing gear prohibited over reef habitats in 13 marine protected areasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 22 Mar 2024
• Detailed GuideStatutory biodiversity creditsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 12 Feb 2024
• Detailed GuideBiodiversity net gain: exempt developmentsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 12 Feb 2024
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship Higher Tier application window opens for 2024 agreementsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 01 Jan 2024
• Press ReleaseHighly Protected Marine Areas to be designated in English watersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 06 Jul 2023
• Press ReleaseNext steps for managing England’s newly designated Highly Protected Marine AreasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 05 Jul 2023
• Press Release£3.25 million for the revival of woodlands along the HS2 routeDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Jun 2023
• Policy PaperLocal nature recovery strategiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 29 Jun 2023
• Policy PaperHighly Protected Marine Areas: Allonby BayDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 14 Jun 2023
• Policy PaperHighly Protected Marine Areas: Dolphin HeadDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 14 Jun 2023
• Document CollectionHighly Protected Marine AreasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 14 Jun 2023
• Policy PaperHighly Protected Marine Areas: North East of Farnes DeepDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 14 Jun 2023
• Statutory GuidanceLocal nature recovery strategy: what to includeDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 23 Mar 2023
• Press ReleaseThérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental actionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 26 Jan 2023
• Press ReleaseThérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental actionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 26 Jan 2023
• Press ReleaseThérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental actionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 26 Jan 2023
• Press ReleaseThérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental actionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 26 Jan 2023
• Press ReleaseUK takes further action to protect vital marine habitatsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 17 Jan 2023
• GuidanceWoodland Management Plan grants 2023: Countryside StewardshipDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 05 Jan 2023
• GuidanceProtection and Infrastructure grants 2023: Countryside StewardshipDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 05 Jan 2023
• GuidanceRevenue payment rates from January 2023: Countryside StewardshipDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 01 Jan 2023
• News StoryGovernment seeks views on Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs)Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 06 Jul 2022
• Press Release£10 million to provide long-term income for woodland creation with fifth auction of Woodland Carbon GuaranteeDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 15 May 2022
• Policy PaperLocal Nature Recovery: more information on how the scheme will workDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 06 Jan 2022
• Policy PaperLocal Nature Recovery: more information on how the scheme will workDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 06 Jan 2022
• Consultation OutcomeMarine Protected Areas: draft guidance for developing compensatory measuresDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 22 Dec 2021
• GuidanceNorthern Thames Basin (NCA111): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 08 Jun 2021
• Press ReleaseNatural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining speciesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 18 May 2021
• Press ReleaseNatural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining speciesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 18 May 2021
• Press ReleaseNatural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining speciesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 18 May 2021
• Press ReleaseMarine Management Organisation launches consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected AreasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 01 Feb 2021
• Detailed GuideBiodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should doDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Jan 2020
• Detailed GuideBiodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should doDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Jan 2020
• Press ReleasePublic to have their say on stronger protections for UK watersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 03 Oct 2019
• Policy PaperMarine Protected Areas network report (2012 to 2018)Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 17 Dec 2018
• Press ReleaseGove sets out proposals for greener developmentsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Dec 2018
• Press ReleaseGove sets out proposals for greener developmentsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Dec 2018
• Press ReleaseGove sets out proposals for greener developmentsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Dec 2018
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship Woodland Creation Grant opens for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Jan 2018
• Press ReleaseCountdown begins for Countryside Stewardship woodland creationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Jan 2018
• Press ReleaseCountdown begins for Countryside Stewardship woodland creationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Jan 2018
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship Woodland Creation Grant opens for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 02 Jan 2018
• News Story£10m fund to restore peatland opens for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 20 Nov 2017
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship grants soon to open for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Apr 2016
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship grants soon to open for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 30 Apr 2016
• Document CollectionMarine conservation zone designations in EnglandDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · 21 Nov 2013
• GuidanceIsle of Wight (NCA127): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLandscape Recovery: guidance for round 2 applicantsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCountryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT)Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCheviots (NCA004): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHowgill Fells (NCA018): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBowland Fells (NCA034): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWirral (NCA059): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDurham Magnesian Limestone Plateau (NCA015): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceKesteven Uplands (NCA075): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidancePevensey Levels (NCA124): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHensbarrow (NCA154): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouthern Lincolnshire Edge (NCA047): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth Norfolk Coast (NCA077): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceOrton Fells (NCA017): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceVale of Mowbray (NCA024): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMerseyside Conurbation (NCA058): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDurham Coalfield Pennine Fringe (NCA016): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTeme Valley (NCA102): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWhite Peak (NCA052): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCharnwood (NCA073): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceYorkshire Wolds (NCA027): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTrent Valley Washlands (NCA069): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHigh Leicestershire (NCA093): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceYardley Whittlewood Ridge (NCA091): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCheshire Sandstone Ridge (NCA062): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLeicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds (NCA074): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLeicestershire Vales (NCA094): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHolderness (NCA040): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceVale of Pickering (NCA026): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth Northumberland Coastal Plain (NCA001): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLancashire Coal Measures (NCA056): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth West Norfolk (NCA076): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTyne Gap and Hadrian's Wall (NCA011): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorthumberland Sandstone Hills (NCA002): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceQuantock Hills (NCA144): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorthamptonshire Vales (NCA089): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCentral North Norfolk (NCA078): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceRockingham Forest (NCA092): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMalvern Hills (NCA103): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceYorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe (NCA037): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceRomney Marsh (NCA123): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHowardian Hills (NCA029): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceYorkshire Dales (NCA021): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceManchester Pennine Fringe (NCA054): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBedfordshire Greensand Ridge (NCA090): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCannock Chase and Cank Wood (NCA067): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBodmin Moor (NCA153): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceVale of York (NCA028): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMorecambe Coast Lune Estuary (NCA031): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCarnmenellis (NCA155): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceManchester Conurbation (NCA055): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWest Penwith (NCA156): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLincolnshire Central Vale (NCA044): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTyne and Wear Lowlands (NCA014): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth East Norfolk and Flegg (NCA079): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLincolnshire Coast and Marshes (NCA042): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTrent and Belvoir Vales (NCA048): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth East Northumberland Coastal Plain (NCA013): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLincolnshire Wolds (NCA043): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorthern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands (NCA045): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCheviot Fringe (NCA003): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth Kent Plain (NCA113): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHerefordshire Plateau (NCA101): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands (NCA083): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDunsmore and Feldon (NCA096): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHumber Estuary (NCA041): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceVale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes (NCA146): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWeymouth Lowlands (NCA138): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouthern Magnesian Limestone (NCA030): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBlack Mountains and Golden Valley (NCA099): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMidvale Ridge (NCA109): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceAvon Vales (NCA117): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceClun and North West Herefordshire Hills (NCA098): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfields (NCA038): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidancePotteries and Churnet Valley (NCA064): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDorset Heaths (NCA135): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceShropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain (NCA061): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLancashire and Amounderness Plain (NCA032): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDark Peak (NCA051): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThames Valley (NCA115): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHerefordshire Lowlands (NCA100): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDartmoor (NCA150): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceEast Anglian Chalk (NCA087): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThe Fens (NCA046): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceArden (NCA097): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Herefordshire and Over Severn (NCA104): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceForest of Dean and Lower Wye (NCA105): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLancashire Valleys (NCA035): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Cumbria Low Fells (NCA019): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands (NCA088): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidancePennine Dales Fringe (NCA022): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDerbyshire Peak Fringe (NCA050): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThe Broads (NCA080): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBlackmoor Vale and the Vale of Wardour (NCA133): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Downs (NCA125): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceShropshire Hills (NCA065): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMorecambe Bay Limestones (NCA020): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceTees Lowlands (NCA023): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCumbria High Fells (NCA008): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorthamptonshire Uplands (NCA095): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThames Basin Lowlands (NCA114): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceYeovil Scarplands (NCA140): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Purbeck (NCA136): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMerseyside Valley (NCA060): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Coast Plain (NCA126): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBerkshire and Marlborough Downs (NCA116): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceEden Valley (NCA009): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLow Weald (NCA121): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceChilterns (NCA110): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth Downs (NCA119): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThames Basin Heaths (NCA129): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWealden Greensand (NCA120): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceWest Cumbria Coastal Plain (NCA007): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth York Moors and Cleveland Hills (NCA025): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSalisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs (NCA132): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMid Norfolk (NCA084): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth West Peak (NCA053): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSolway Basin (NCA006): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCotswolds (NCA107): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHampshire Downs (NCA130): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceUpper Thames Clay Vales (NCA108): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges (NCA118): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBowland Fringe and Pendle Hill (NCA033): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Suffolk and North Essex Clayland (NCA086): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideCombining environmental payments: biodiversity net gain (BNG) and nutrient mitigationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• SpeechEnvironment Secretary shares further information on Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseEngland Woodland Creation Offer to transition into Local Nature Recovery scheme in 2025Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• FormLandscape Recovery scheme: complaints and reconsiderationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseRecord farmers in SFI schemes as government successfully allocates sustainable farming budgetDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSomerset Levels and Moors (NCA142): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHumberhead Levels (NCA039): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperEnvironmental land management schemes: outcomesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• News StoryEustice unveils plans for future greener farmingDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Farming GrantCWD1: Woodland creation maintenanceDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Document CollectionExisting agreement holders’ information: Countryside StewardshipDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• News StoryNew drive to promote woodland creation grants for landownersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseGrants for creating woodland available all year roundDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press Release£13 million fund to increase England's woodlandDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship 2017 updateDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseImproved funding for land managers and farmers to grow more treesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Devon (NCA151): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceDevon Redlands (NCA148): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMid Severn Sandstone Plateau (NCA066): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNeedwood and South Derbyshire Claylands (NCA068): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSefton Coast (NCA057): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMarshwood and Powerstock Vales (NCA139): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceOswestry Uplands (NCA063): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBlackdowns (NCA147): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMid Somerset Hills (NCA143): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouth Hampshire Lowlands (NCA128): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceHigh Weald (NCA122): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMendip Hills (NCA141): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceExmoor (NCA145): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThe Culm (NCA149): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceCornish Killas (NCA152): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceInner London (NCA112): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceBorder Moors and Forests (NCA005): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceThe Lizard (NCA157): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMease and Sence Lowlands (NCA072): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceMelbourne Parklands (NCA070): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceLeicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields (NCA071): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSherwood (NCA049): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceNorth Pennines (NCA010): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceSouthern Pennines (NCA036): Countryside Stewardship statement of prioritiesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• ResearchLocal Nature Recovery Strategy pilots: lessons learnedDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperThe Nature Recovery NetworkDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperEnvironmental land management schemes: outcomesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• News StoryNew drive to promote woodland creation grants for landownersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseEngland Woodland Creation Offer to transition into Local Nature Recovery scheme in 2025Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideSell biodiversity units as a land managerDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• SpeechEnvironment Secretary shares further information on Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeLocal Nature Recovery Strategies: how to prepare and what to includeDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideMake off-site biodiversity gains as a developerDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseBiodiversity Net Gain moves a step closer with more fundingDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideBuy statutory biodiversity creditsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseBiodiversity 3.0 metric launched in new sustainable development toolkitDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseNew developments to deliver for people and natureDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideEnter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gainDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideBiodiversity net gainDepartment For Levelling UP Housing And Communities · —
• GuidanceStatutory biodiversity metric tools and guidesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseNew housing developments to deliver nature boost in landmark moveDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Statutory GuidanceStatutory biodiversity credits: terms and conditionsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideBuying statutory biodiversity creditsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideStatutory biodiversity credit pricesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperBiodiversity net gain statutory credits: annual report 2024 to 2025Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeImproving the implementation of biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield developmentDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseBiodiversity Net Gain moves step closer with timetable set outDepartment For Levelling UP Housing And Communities · —
• Open ConsultationBiodiversity net gain: considering a targeted exemption for brownfield residential developmentDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideMake off-site biodiversity gains as a developerDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideMake on-site biodiversity gains as a developerDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideUnderstanding biodiversity net gainDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• ResearchBiodiversity net gain (Consultation): RPC OpinionDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideMeet biodiversity net gain requirements: steps for developersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideMeet your BNG requirements: steps to take for land managersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeConsultation on Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and implementationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseBiodiversity Net Gain moves step closer with timetable set outDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideCombining environmental payments: biodiversity net gain (BNG) and nutrient mitigationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideWhat you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gainDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeBiodiversity net gain: updating planning requirementsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideSell biodiversity units as a land managerDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Document CollectionBiodiversity net gainDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• FormBiodiversity gain planDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideIrreplaceable habitatDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideSubmit a biodiversity gain planDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeBiodiversity net gain for nationally significant infrastructure projectsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Independent ReportHighly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) review 2019Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperMarine protected areas (MPA) Environment Act target delivery planDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Consultation OutcomeHighly Protected Marine Areas pilot sitesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseClimate benefits of Marine Protected Areas revealedDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperHighly Protected Marine Areas: policy informationDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperGovernment response to the Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) reviewDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseIndependent review backs introduction of Highly Protected Marine AreasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperPrinciples for identifying and selecting compensatory marine protected areasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Closed Call For EvidenceHighly Protected Marine Areas review: call for evidenceDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Closed ConsultationMarine Protected Area assessments: draft updates to policyDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• News StoryHighly Protected Marine Areas review panel confirmedDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseGovernment seeks views on compensatory measures for development impacts on Marine Protected AreasDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideThe Blue Belt ProgrammeDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press Release125,000 seabirds to benefit from expansion of protected siteDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideBiodiversity net gainDepartment For Levelling UP Housing And Communities · —
• Policy PaperEngland Peat Action PlanDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• CorrespondenceLynx reintroduction in Kielder ForestDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseLandmark £15 million woodland creation grant opens for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseNew housing developments to deliver nature boost in landmark moveDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseLargest ever Government investment in threatened species recoveryDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Independent ReportEngland Species Reintroductions Taskforce yearly reviewDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Farming GrantCWD1: Woodland creation maintenanceDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideSites of special scientific interest: appeal a refusal or change of consentDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseEngland Woodland Creation Offer to transition into Local Nature Recovery scheme in 2025Department For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseDefra announces funding boost and new partnership with Forest for CornwallDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseCountryside Stewardship 2017 updateDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press Release£13 million fund to increase England's woodlandDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseImproved funding for land managers and farmers to grow more treesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• News StoryNew drive to promote woodland creation grants for landownersDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseMajor expansion of woodlands for communities across EnglandDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• SpeechEnvironment Secretary shares further information on Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseLargest ever Government investment in threatened species recoveryDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Detailed GuideIrreplaceable habitatDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Policy PaperEnvironmental land management schemes: outcomesDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseGrants for creating woodland available all year roundDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• GuidanceGuidance to help inform when an upland breeding wader survey is needed and when woodland creation is likely to be appropriateDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Press ReleaseLandmark £15 million woodland creation grant opens for applicationsDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —
• Farming GrantCWD1: Woodland creation maintenanceDepartment For Environment Food Rural Affairs · —

The firmer the document, the more it counts: rules a body must follow count for most, then the outcome of a consultation, then a policy paper, then plain guidance, and a press release counts for least. We read all of this automatically, so it can be wrong.