NCGS Agreement Status
Where the landowner’s agreement to planting at the site stands. A precondition on assessment and planting, never a suitability criterion. Derived from the landowner’s acts by the agreement transitions below, never captured directly (ADR-0019). A verbal agreement is its own status, which counts as agreement only where the project design accepts it (ADR-0030).
Agreed verbally
The landowner, site manager or owner agreed to planting by word only, as the observer noted, with no signed document, on-screen signature or recorded consent. Counts as agreement for assessment, preparation and planting only where the project design accepts verbal agreement for the site’s type (ADR-0030); a formal agreement that follows makes it signed.
Agreement refused
The landowner declined before signing.
Agreement requested
The funder or implementing partner has asked the landowner; no answer yet.
Agreement signed
The site agreement is in force: signed, or restored after a spell of non-cooperation, or reinstated after a withdrawal.
No agreement yet
No landowner agreement has been sought.
Uncooperative
The agreement is still in force, but the landowner denies access or refuses contact without formal notice. They may be persuaded to keep to it; restoring access returns the agreement to signed without a new signature. Care not done is a stewardship lapse, not this.
Withdrawn
The landowner gave formal notice under the agreement before any tree was handed over or planted at the site. Only a formal reinstatement restarts it.
Withdrawn with trees on site
The landowner gave formal notice under the agreement after trees were handed over or planted at the site. The trees stay counted as outputs and still need monitoring access; a tree that cannot be reached is unobserved, not dead. Only a formal reinstatement restarts it.