Form

EIA deforestation application form

Use this form to apply to the Forestry Commission to assess the environmental impact of permanent removal of woodland cover for conversion to another land use.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Published: 28 September 2021
• Last updated: 18 October 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland
• Publication for Wales

Documents

EIA Deforestation application form (England)

PDF, 706 KB, 33 pages

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Forestry EIA application guidance - Deforestation

PDF, 480 KB, 37 pages

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Details

It is recommended that you refer to the deforestation application guidance when filling out this form. This provides guidance on how to complete each individual question.

This form consists of 17 sections for you to complete:

• Applicant details
• Agent or woodland manager’s details
• Property details
• Proposals on sensitive areas
• Proposal size
• Proposal overview
• Adjacent projects
• Information about trees to be felled
• Creating open habitat
• Open habitat policy criteria
• Proposed implementation and management
• Environment checks
• Compensatory tree planting
• Stakeholders and evidence log
• Project maps
• Declarations
• Applying for Environmental Impact Assessment Consent (optional section)

Submit your form to your local Administrative Hub.

Creating open habitat with no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirement

If you are applying for a felling licence for deforestation, but your project is low risk and does not need an EIA application (see EIA threshold table), please submit a partially completed version of the EIA deforestation application form alongside your felling licence application to show that your project aligns with the government’s policy on when to convert woods and forests to open habitat in England.

You will only need to complete sections 9 to 11:

• Part 9 - Creating open habitat
• Part 10 - Open habitat policy criteria
• Part 11 - Proposed implementation and management

Download this form, complete sections 9, 10 and 11 only and send it when submitting your felling licence application.

Find out more about forestry Environmental Impact Assessments before you apply.

Published 28 September 2021
Last updated 18 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 18 October 2023

   Updated form to make minor clarifications to the threshold tables to improve ease of use.

2. 4 November 2021

   Guidance added for Creating open habitat with no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirement

3. 28 September 2021

   First published.