Discover Your Countryside – Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is responsible for protecting and improving communities within England and Wales. Working with others, the Agency aims to provide 'a better place to live' in and around the home 'a better place to work' within the business and industry sector and 'a better place for all', aiming to make the community as a whole a much more receptive place through dedicated planning and research schemes.

An Executive Non-departmental Public Body, the Environment Agency is also responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Sponsored Public Body responsible to the National Assembly for Wales. With their aim of making the community a better place for everyone, the Agency also takes responsibility in protecting communities from the risk of flooding, managing water resources through active involvement and effective management strategies.

Here are some of the areas of work that the Environment Agency work on, on a day-to-day basis:

Home & Leisure

• Home and Garden issues
• Flood risks in hot spot areas
• River and sea levels
• Fishing issues and Applications for rod licences

Business & Industry

• Register or renew as a waste carrier and broker
• Hazardous waste
• Environmental permitting
• CRC energy efficiency scheme

Planning & Research

• Public registers
• Flood risk advice
• Publications and Reports
• Other planning and research schemes within local communities.

For more information about the Environment Agency and the work they do in your area, visit their website at www.environment-agency.gov.uk

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