My point was that until now I assumed you had to have written permission from a landowner confirming the presence of wild boar and the permission to shoot it. So that is not actually the case, you will get the wild boar condition providing good reason (deer) has already been established.
I think this can have a few answers dependant on the circumstances surrounding the application made by the FAC holder and whether or not the FLD in question are applying the current HO Guidance or not.
If the application is made for a rifle with boar as the primary good reason, then access to land where boar are confirmed will be required to provide that 'good reason'. The FLD will also refer to 13.27 HO Guidance and are unlikely to authorise a chambering less than .270.
If, as in your case, the FLD are not working to the HO Guidance in it's entirety by ignoring the AOLQ condition, then they will probably cherry pick something from 10.38 and 13.9 and apply it to experienced shooters with 'open' FACs - as has happened.
For those of us with the AOLQ condition, (especially those with a single AOLQ condition coving all firearms and ammo on the FAC), it's a non-issue as we already have boar included. Thereafter it's up to the FAC holder to make the decision on which rifle/calibre is lawful and/or suitable for which species. This accords nicely with 13.9 of the Guidance:
"A certificate holder may shoot any quarry that is lawful (where they are authorised to shoot). Whilst guidance is provided, it is the responsibility of the shooter and the shooting community to know what calibre is suitable for which quarry, and when certain quarry is lawful (including the need to obtain or rely upon a licence from the relevant licensing authority to permit the shooting of protected species)."
From reading some of the threads on here I get the impression that some FAC holders are having issues adjusting to the new found freeedom, (and responsibility!), that the Guidance now gives - probably having difficulty getting away from the micro-management of their use of firearms that had previously been in place. If the FLDs work to the HO Guidance then all should go well, it's only when they start b*st*rdising or ignoring the very workable AOLQ condition that they create problems and extra work for themselves and certificate holders - something that will increasingly be put under the microscope.
Based on that argument will somebody now ask for wild boar to be added to their .243W ?
As a standalone application to Glos FLD or their ilk I suspect they'll have kittens and apply 13.27
What do you think?