CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

Form­al Board Paper 4 Annex 3 12/03/2021

Cur­rent Vis­it­or Man­age­ment Work

The work out­lined below is still being developed with part­ners and will be brought togeth­er through the Vis­it­or Man­age­ment Plans for the Nation­al Park. The Park-wide Vis­it­or Man­age­ment Group is meet­ing on 10^th March and the Vis­it­or Man­age­ment Plans will be final­ised at that point.

Deeside

1. Linn of Dee (NTS) a) Work to increase car park capa­city at Linn of Dee & Quoi­ch b) Tem­por­ary Traffic Order (TTO) for Linn of Dee from East­er to Octo­ber c) Porta­loos will be in place from East­er at Linn of Dee.
2. Glen Muick (Bal­mor­al) a) Work to increase car park capa­city at Loch Muick. b) Tem­por­ary Traffic Order (TTO) for Glen Muick from East­er to Octo­ber c) New per­man­ent vari­able mes­sage to be installed at Glen Muick entrance.
3. Muir of Din­net (Din­net Estate/​NatureScot) a) Devel­op­ment of tem­por­ary car park­ing at Clarack near Din­net. b) Look­ing at ways to stop verge park­ing with Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil nr entrance to NatureScot facility.
4. Glen Tanar a) Look­ing at poten­tial to help with the tem­por­ary car park nr entrance to Glen Tanar includ­ing look­ing at resur­fa­cing works in tem­por­ary over­flow carpark.

Angus Glens

1. Agree­ing work pro­gramme with Angus Alive and FLS to improve ranger cov­er in Glen Doll based on ranger grants from CNPA and FLS funding.

2. In dis­cus­sion to sup­port sea­son­al ranger in Glen Esk/​Glen Doll with Estates and SLE in the area.

3. Addi­tion­al works in devel­op­ment to refur­bish the over­flow car­park and increase capa­city includ­ing lev­el­ling and rein­for­cing the entrance Glen Doll.

West­ern Cairngorms

1. Cairngorm Moun­tain (CMSL) a) Work­ing with CMSL to deliv­er a camper­van facil­ity at Ciste car park for summer.
2. Cairngorm and Glen­more (FLS, THC) a) Joint work between THC and CNPA to do works along Loch Mor­lich road­side to improve traffic man­age­ment. b) Improve­ments being made to beach toi­lets includ­ing install­a­tion of extern­al taps and sinks. c) The CAGOUL (Cairngorm and Glen­more Out­door Use and Learn­ing) Pro­ject being developed with part­ners to deploy a net­work of sensors to mon­it­or vis­it­or and traffic use of the area. d) Look­ing at wider vis­it­or man­age­ment issues with FLS includ­ing toi­let capa­city at beach. e) Glen­more camp­site has indic­ated it will open this year. f) Vari­able mes­sage sign for Glen­more to be put in place.
3. Loch Garten (RSPB) a) Work to upgrade paths and poten­tially a new all abil­it­ies access toi­let at main car park.
4. Rothiemurchus a) Work to increase car park capa­city at Loch an Eilein.
5. Dal­whin­nie a) Dal­whin­nie Com­munity & Ben Alder Estate are work­ing togeth­er to provide improved park­ing for Mun­ro access – grant aid from Green Recov­ery Fund b) Form­a­tion of tour­ing motorhome/​caravan site at land north of Birchview, Dal­whin­nie has been called in for planning.

Ranger Ser­vices

1. CNPA will con­tin­ue to sup­port 6 Ranger Ser­vices (Atholl, Rothiemurchus, Glen Tanar, Aber­nethy, Bal­mor­al, Angus Alive) in the Nation­al Park.

2. The CNPA is also look­ing at extra sea­son­al sup­port for Glen Esk & Glen Doll.

3. 8 CNPA sea­son­al rangers will start mid-March and be on the ground from East­er week­end. FLS and NatureScot are also recruit­ing site-based staff.

4. Liais­on meet­ings are being held with Estate-based rangers ser­vices, land man­agers and Police Scot­land as part of induc­tion and training.

Com­munity Engagement

1. On 1^st March CNPA & CBP meet­ings with res­id­ents, Loc­al Author­ity Coun­cil­lors and Com­munity Coun­cils over zoom.

Com­mu­nic­a­tions

1. The #Cairngorm­s­To­geth­er work is pro­gress­ing with part­ners and link­ing to the devel­op­ment of con­sist­ent nation­al mes­sages in time for Easter.

2. A revised set of mes­sages to pro­mote the Scot­tish Out­door Access Code based on ​“Tread lightly in the Park” is being developed in time for East­er, backed up by a suite of resources includ­ing pub­lic­a­tions, posters, social media assets and films.

Camper­vans

1. CBP are pro­du­cing vis­it­or friendly guide to dir­ect camper­vans to best loc­a­tions – grant aid from Green Recov­ery Fund.

2. Plan­ning applic­a­tion for form­a­tion of tour­ing motorhome/​caravan site North of Birchview, Dal­whin­nie has been called in by CNPA.

²⁰²¹⁄₂₂ — Vis­it­or Infrastructure

The CNPA are look­ing at the poten­tial to sup­port fur­ther vis­it­or man­age­ment infra­struc­ture with the ²⁰²¹⁄₂₂ budget along­side part­ner organ­isa­tions and estates.

CNPA March 2021