FCE-REG-03
Environmental Impact Assessment
Opinion Request Form
Complete this form to find out if you need our consent (under the
Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales)
Regulations 1999) to carry out your proposed work.
Part 1 – Proposed Work
Please tick all the relevant boxes to indicate the type of work you are proposing to carry out. Give
the area in hectares and where appropriate the percentage of conifers and broadleaves.
Proposed work
Area in
hectares
%
conifer
%
broadleaves
Proposed work
Afforestation
Forest roads
Deforestation
Forest quarry
Area in
hectares
Location and District:
Please attach map(s) showing the boundary of the proposed work and identifying details
of the operations.
In line with DEFRA and other Government departments we have adopted Ordnance Survey
MasterMap® (OSMM) as the preferred standard of mapping for applications. MasterMap® is the
most up-to-date large-scale digital map of Great Britain. Applicants can get free copies of an OSMM
map by completing the Map Request Form available from our website. Applicants should allow two
weeks for the delivery of the OSMM maps they have requested.
We may not accept maps that are not OSMM. If you would like to submit your application
using mapping data other than OSMM you should contact your local office to ensure we
will be able to accept your maps.
In certain instances we will accept the submission of digital mapping data. You should contact your
local office to discuss proposals to use digital data to ensure the data submitted will be in an
acceptable format and standard.
If you do not use our Map Request Service you must provide us with an original map or a good
quality photocopy. We will return applications that include maps that are not acceptable
without registering them.
Before you mark the map, check that:
 It is an up-to-date Ordnance Survey map.

It is at a scale of either 1:10,000, 1:5000 or 1:2,500 (more than one map may be required for
large areas)

The scale is shown on the map.

At least two horizontal and two vertical grid lines are shown.

Any relevant details are not hidden by folds or other marks or labels.
Marking the map - You must mark clearly the location of the EIA work. You must also mark the
grid reference of the centre of the felling area. This must lie within the woodland or the area of trees
to be felled. If the point of access to the area is not obvious, show this on the map also. You should
not use a map used for a previous application (unless proposals remain exactly the same).
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Part 2 – Property Details
Name of Property:
Ordnance Survey Six Digit Grid Reference (e.g. XX123456):
Locality Name:
Nearest Town:
Part 3 – Applicant Category
Please put a cross in one box:
PE - Personal occupier
BU - Business occupier
You or your family own the property, or hold it as a family
trust, partnership or family farm.
A company, forestry investor, business
partnership, syndicate or pension fund.
VO - Voluntary organisation
PU - Public ownership
An organisation funded by public subscription or a
charitable trust or community organisation e.g. Woodland
Trust, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Groundwork.
Government departments and their agencies e.g.
Natural England, Defence Estates, Prison Service,
hospitals and health boards, Crown Estates (not
including land personally owned by members of
the Royal Family) and The National Forest. Local
and unitary authorities, National Parks, local
education authorities, schools authorities.
OT – Other:
_________________________________
Part 4 – Applicant Type
Please put a cross in one box:
LS – Leaseholder
OW – Owner
TE - Tenant
TR - Trust
Part 5 – Applicant Details
Title:
Initials:
Organisation:
Surname:
Position:
Address:
Postcode:
Primary contact Number:
Secondary contact Number:
E-mail:
Is this the address for correspondence about this application?
If No please provide the correspondence address:
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Yes
No
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Part 6 – Your agent or Woodland Manager’s Details (if you have one)
Title:
Initials:
Surname:
Organisation:
Position:
Address:
Postcode:
Primary contact Number:
Secondary contact Number:
E-mail:
Is this the address for correspondence about this application?
Yes
No
If No please provide the correspondence address:
Part 7 – Sensitive Areas
State the area of the proposal that is covered by any of the following Sensitive Areas.
Designation
Area in
hectares
a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI) or Proposed SSSI (PSSSI)
b) SSSI's with a Nature Conservation
Order1
Designation
Area in
hectares
f) Scheduled Ancient Monument
g) Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty
h) Natura 2000 site - (European
network of special areas of
conservation and special protection
areas under the Wild Birds Directive)
i) Local Wildlife Site (including Sites
of Importance for Nature
Conservation (SINCs), Sites of
Nature Conservation Importance
(SNCIs) and County Wildlife Sites).
j) Local Geological Sites
c) National Park
d) The Broads
e) World Heritage Site
Part 8 - Consideration of Protected Species
I have considered the impact these proposals will have on wild birds and the area and
diversity of habitat(s) for wild birds.
I am aware of the Good Practice to safeguard European Protected Species forestry
operations and the need to obtain a licence if I cannot comply with the Good Practice.
1
Section 29 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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Part 9 – Overview of Proposals
Please provide an overview of your proposals explaining your objectives and the work you will be
doing.
If your proposals are for deforestation to create open habitat you should complete the “Application
to Convert Woodland to Open Habitat” form. We expect such work to comply with the Government’s
Policy on when to convert woods and forests to open habitats in England.
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