NCGS Suitability Determinations
The output of a site assessment: one concept stating whether and how the site may be planted. Withheld and unsuitable are never summed.
Deferred, pending agreement
The site could not be assessed because the landowner agreement is not in place. Says nothing about the ground; the assessment is incomplete.
Suitable
All criteria met; a planting plan may proceed.
Suitable with conditions
Criteria met once named conditions are satisfied. The conditions are recorded and become preconditions on planting.
Unsuitable, remediable
A safe-space criterion fails and could be fixed later. No plan now; the site stays in the register for re-assessment.
Withheld on ecological grounds
The ground is intact indigenous grassland, wetland or riparian, or planting would harm it. The safeguard determination: counted as a result, never summed with unsuitable.