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261104 Paper 2 NPP Paper

Cairngorms Loc­al Out­door Access For­um Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan 2027 – 2032 Adam Streeter-Smith, Recre­ation Access and Infra­struc­ture Man­ager 4 Novem­ber 2026

Pur­pose LOAF Mem­bers are asked to con­sider draft Cairngorms Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan (NPPP) cur­rently avail­able for pub­lic con­sulta­tion and provide advice on the mis­sions, activ­it­ies and actions.

Back­ground The Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan (NPPP) sets out how all those with respons­ib­il­ity for the Nation­al Park will co-ordin­ate their work to tackle the most import­ant issues.

The draft Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan iden­ti­fies the mis­sions for the Nation­al Park that will sup­port the deliv­ery of the long-term vis­ion. That vis­ion con­tin­ues to be: ​“An out­stand­ing Nation­al Park, enjoyed and val­ued by every­one, where nature and people thrive together”.

The draft plan is arranged in three mis­sions: a) Mis­sion one: nature and cli­mate resi­li­ence b) Mis­sion two: com­munit­ies c) Mis­sion three: Nation­al Park for all

The form­al con­sulta­tion pro­cess star­ted on 14 Octo­ber 2026 and runs for 13 weeks to 13 Janu­ary 2027. The Park Author­ity Board will dis­cuss the con­sulta­tion responses in Feb­ru­ary 2027, and a final ver­sion of the Plan will be taken to the Board on 19 March 2027 along­side the con­sulta­tion report. Once approved by the Park Author­ity Board it will be sub­mit­ted to Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment for final agree­ment by Scot­tish Ministers.

Actions of Note Mem­bers are advised that the fol­low­ing actions that are part of Mis­sion three: Nation­al Park for all will be of rel­ev­ance to the work of the LOAF:

  • Review the Act­ive Cairngorms Action Plan in 2028.
  • Com­plete the exten­sion of Deeside Way to Brae­mar by 2030.
  • Enhance the access­ib­il­ity and con­di­tion of the Spey­side Way and improve options for cycling.
  • Devel­op path link from Loch Mor­lich to Cairngorm Mountain.
  • Dis­turb­ance of key spe­cies and recre­ation­al impacts are reduced through advice from rangers, sig­nage, select­ive pro­mo­tion of routes and tar­geted initiatives.
  • Ensure young people in and around the Cairngorms are edu­cated about the Scot­tish Out­door Access Code (SOAC) through ranger activ­ity in schools.
  • Con­sider where recre­ation routes may provide fire breaks where appropriate.