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This provides guidance on how to complete each individual question listed below, should you need it.\nThese questions are asked in order to assess your proposal against the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-forestry-standard\" \\h \u0014UK Forestry Standard,\u0015 government policies and statutory criteria.\nAll responses to free text questions are expected to be proportionate to the size of your proposal. Therefore, if you are proposing a smaller project, your answers may be correspondingly brief, but you must still ensure that you provide the minimum necessary information for the FC to make a decision. Likewise, proposers of larger projects will be expected to provide more in-depth responses. The FC will request for further information if required.\nDo I need to complete this form?\nIs my proposal considered deforestation?\nDeforestation means permanent removal of woodland cover for conversion to another land use. This can include proposals for the removal of short rotation coppice (SRC) and short rotation forestry (SRF), including the removal of energy crops and Christmas tree plantations.\nDeforestation projects completed within the last five years that are adjacent to your proposal will be considered part of your new proposal when determine your project’s area for the purpose of assigning it a ‘threshold’. ‘Adjacent’ means any part of the project is within 500m of your proposal. Parts 5 and 7 below make it clear whether to include any adjacent project details or not. You should complete the remainder of the form solely in relation to your proposed project (i.e. not in relation to any adjacent project).\nIs my proposal considered development?\nIf your proposal is development-related (i.e. requiring planning permission) then it will normally be considered by the local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, and so you will likely not need to complete this form. This is provided that:\nthe planning application or approval has explicitly identified the location for the forestry proposal\nthe development that requires planning permission is listed in either \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/571/schedule/1\" \u0014Schedule 1\u0015 or \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/571/schedule/2\" \u0014Schedule 2\u0015 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017\nThese lists cover most common forms of development. Where the forestry proposal is mapped in the planning application and the development is on either of the two lists, you will not need to fill in this form.\nHowever, permitted development in the context of forestry is covered by the EIA Forestry Regulations. If your proposal contains permitted development in relation to forestry, you will need to fill in this form. You will also need to provide confirmation from the local planning authority that they have accepted that the work qualifies as permitted development.\nCan I presume that I do not need to submit this EIA deforestation application form?\nThe forestry EIA regulations create a presumption that some deforestation proposals will not have a likely significant effect on the environment, and therefore that they will not require an EIA ‘stage 2’ Application for Consent. 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