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Forestry Commission agent authority form

Use this form to tell the Forestry Commission that you give an agent or representative authority to submit an application or manage an agreement on your behalf.

From:
Forestry Commission
Published
31 July 2019
Last updated
6 February 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Forestry Commission agent authority form

PDF, 219 KB

Details

Use this form to:

  • authorise an agent to act on your behalf for a funding application, or manage an agreement
  • tell us you have a new agent
  • make changes to an existing form

You can submit this form if an agent is acting on your behalf for the following grants and agreements:

  • open Forestry Commission grants (excluding Countryside Stewardship)
  • felling licence applications
  • woodland management plans
  • legacy schemes, such as Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS), England Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Woodland Carbon Fund (WCF)

Do not use this form for:

It is your responsibility to tell us if your agent has changed or is no longer acting on your behalf.

How to complete this form

Both you and your agent must sign this form.

You can sign this form using electronic or handwritten signatures:

Electronic

To sign the form electronically:

1). Complete the form without a signature and date.
2). Email it to aafes@forestrycommission.gov.uk.
3). We will email you a link to sign an online version of the form.

Handwritten

If you’re signing by hand, you can either:

Updates to this page

Published 31 July 2019
Last updated 6 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added links to the Rural Payments service and our operational delivery team hubs.

  2. Added a paragraph regarding changing/removing your agent.

  3. Technical issues update added.

  4. Updated guidance on how to complete the form. Form updated to version 4.

  5. First published.

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