Planning Committee - January 2023

This document contains the agenda for the Cairngorms National Park Authority Planning Committee meeting on 27 January 2023 at 10am, held via Lifesize. The agenda includes items such as welcome, apologies, declaration of interest, minutes from the previous meeting on 9 December 2022, a decision on Badenoch and Strathspey Short-Term Secondary Let Control Area Planning Policy Consultation with Gavin Miles, Head of Strategic Planning and Dan Harris, Planning Manager (Forward Planning and Service Improvement). There is information regarding Scottish Government feedback on the CNPA Planning Performance Feedback Report 2021-222 from Gavin Miles, Head of Strategic Planning. Also, there is a decision on Authorisation Planning Enforcement Action to Serve Breach of Condition Notice in Respect of Application Reference 2014/0311/DET at Tomintoul, Moray with Edward Swales, Monitoring and Enforcement Officer (Development Management). There will be any other business, and discussion on the date of the next meeting and quorum requirements. Note that one item will be moved to a confidential session.

This document contains the draft minutes from the Cairngorms National Park Authority Planning Committee meeting held on 9 December 2022. The meeting included declarations of interest, approval of minutes from the previous meeting, and discussion on a detailed planning permission for a sewer pumping station relocation, which was approved. The committee also agreed to the enforcement charter, received an update on planning service performance, and discussed the National Planning Framework 4, with officers scheduled to provide a further update in March 2023. Finally, the Scottish Government is planning to delay the date on which existing properties can apply for their Short Term Let Licences and the next meeting is scheduled for 27 January 2023.

This document contains an agenda item for the Cairngorms National Park Authority (Park Authority) Planning Committee on 27 January 2023. The item concerns a consultation by Highland Council on a draft planning policy for short-term lets in the Badenoch and Strathspey area. Highland Council wants to manage changes of use to short-term lets within a designated control area and the Park Authority is asked to agree to officers submitting a response to the consultation that welcomes the proposed planning policy. The proposed policy aims to protect smaller dwellings and properties in high demand for residents, while also ensuring short-term lets are adequately serviced and avoid negative impacts on the area. Park Authority officers support the proposed policy and recommend its implementation and will bring a paper to a future planning committee.

This document contains information for the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) Planning Committee regarding feedback from the Scottish Government on the CNPA's Planning Performance Framework (PPF) report for 2021/22. Every year, the CNPA and other planning authorities in Scotland create PPF reports that show how well their planning services are doing based on rules set by the Scottish Government, who then gives feedback using a red, amber, and green system. The CNPA received feedback in late December 2022, and this year is the first time they've received green markers across the board, showing positive progress, and the CNPA plans to keep improving their performance, and the next PPF report will be ready in the summer of 2023.

This document contains the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Planning Performance Framework report for 2021-22, which assesses the planning authority against a set of performance markers. The report uses a Red, Amber, Green (RAG) rating system to indicate priority areas for improvement. It covers various aspects of planning performance, including decision-making timescales, processing agreements, collaboration with applicants, legal agreements, and continuous improvement. The report also touches on the local development plan, stakeholder engagement, policy advice, corporate working, and sharing of good practices. Most of the markers are rated as green, indicating good performance.

This document contains the draft minutes from the Cairngorms National Park Authority Planning Committee meeting held on 27 January 2023. Members present declared interests in Item 5, related to short-term lets. The committee discussed the Badenoch and Strathspey short-term let control area policy consultation, raising points about the policy's link to the National Park development plan, its application to new builds, and potential conflicts in rural areas. The committee agreed to officers submitting a response to the consultation, welcoming the proposed planning policy. The committee also discussed Scottish Government feedback on the Park Authority's planning performance framework report for 2021/2022 and the impact of pre-application advice on staffing resources. Finally, they noted that National Planning Framework 4 was approved by the Scottish Parliament and Judith Webb's last Planning Committee and the date of the next meeting was set for 10 March 2023.