Form

Authorise an agent to act your behalf form

Complete this form if you're an applicant applying to register a biodiversity gain site or record allocation of off-site gains.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
• Published: 12 February 2024

Applies to England

Documents

Authorise an agent to act your behalf form

PDF, 149 KB, 3 pages

Details

If, as the applicant, you are a landowner or leaseholder, you can authorise an agent to:  

• register a biodiversity gain site  

• record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development  

If, as the applicant, you are a developer, ecologist or another person, you can authorise an agent to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.  

It must be the applicant who completes this form.  

How to apply  

We advise using Google Chrome to download and complete this form. 

 
1. Open and download the ‘Authorise an agent to act on your behalf’ form. Answer the questions on the form and save it.
2. Send it to the agent who will be acting on your behalf. They must send this with their application form when:
       
   • registering a gain site
       
   • recording allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development
       
   • registering a gain site and recording allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development at the same time

We will not accept any handwritten forms sent in by post.  

Contact us if you need help 

Telephone: 0300 060 3900

Opening times:

• March to September - Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
• October to February - Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm

Closed on public holidays.

Find out about call charges.

Email: biodiversitynetgainenquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

We aim to reply within 10 working days.

Published 12 February 2024