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Consultations

Consultations in natural environment and rural issues

Consultations in this section cover the following topics:

  • Access to countryside
  • Biodiversity
  • Land
  • Marine and fisheries
  • Rural affairs
  • Water
Consultation title Issued Deadline Responses
Available in library
(see notes)		 Summary available
(see notes)
River Basin Planning Guidance to the Environment Agency (Volume 2) 25 February 2008 19 May 2008    
Improving surface water drainage 7 February 2008 30 April 2008    
Draft statutory social and environmental guidance to Ofwat 7 February 2008 30 April 2008    
Options for controls on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England 7 February 2008 30 April 2008    
Introducing a full cost recovery charging regime for CITES licences 4 February 2008 6 May 2008    
Implementation of EU Legislation in England and Wales: Aquatic Animal Health Directive 19 December 2007 7 March 2008    
Recreational Sea Angling Strategy for England 6 December 2007 31 March 2008    
System of Administrative Penalties for Fisheries Offences 12 November 2007 15 February 2008    
Consultation on the implementation of the revised Bathing Water Directive 12 November 2007 4 February 2008    
Consultation on the review of schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and a ban on the sale of certain non-native species 8 November 2007 31 January 2008    
Measures to protect marine biodiversity interests in Lyme Bay from the impact of fishing with dredges and other towed gear 7 September 2007 21 December 2007    
Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England 21 August 2007 13 December 2007    
Diffuse sources of water pollution from agriculture 21 August 2007 13 November 2007 Yes Yes
Revised Code of Good Agricultural Practice to protect water, soil and air quality 21 August 2007 13 November 2007 Yes Yes
Consultation on proposed EU Soil Framework Directive and initial Regulatory Impact Assessment 27 July 2007 19 October 2007 Yes Yes
Private sewers transfer – implementation options 25 July 2007 19 October 2007    
The review and update of the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Designation of Ports of Entry) Regulations 1985 6 July 2007 12 October 2007   Yes
Updating the commons registers: implementation of part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 3 July 2007 28 September 2007 Yes Yes
Proposals to improve access to the English coast 19 June 2007 11 September 2007 Yes Yes (revised December 2007)
Implementation of the right to apply for orders to extinguish and divert public rights of way 29 May 2007 31 August 2007    
Draft Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013   13 April 2007 5 July 2007 Yes  
Proposed changes to powers to restrict non-essential uses of water 23 March 2007 15 June 2007 Yes  
Marine Bill White Paper, A Sea Change 15 March 2007 8 June 2007   Yes
Non-agricultural diffuse water pollution in England and Wales and mechanisms to deliver Water Framework Directive requirements on hydromorphology 28 February 2007 28 May 2007 Yes Yes
Review of the UK Oil Spill Treatment Products Approval Scheme 15 February 2007 11 May 2007    
Proposed amendment of sections 93 and 94 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Street Litter Control Notices Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1324) 12 February 2007 8 May 2007 Yes Yes
Fisheries 2027 – towards a contract for the future of marine fisheries 1 February 2007 26 April 2007 Yes  

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