Approved Planning Minutes - 24 April 2026

This document contains the minutes from the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Planning Committee meeting, held on 24 April 2026. The Committee approved the minutes of their previous meeting and reviewed several ongoing matters, including plans for community-led flood defence, a potential review of permitted development rights, and future windfarm appraisals. Members granted detailed planning permission for a forestry extraction track, incorporating an amended condition for a central vegetated strip following discussions on wildfire risk and peat disturbance. They also approved a hydro-electric scheme after considering potential impacts on freshwater pearl mussels and bird breeding seasons, a change of house type, and the demolition and reconstruction of an estate larder with new conditions for compensatory planting. Finally, the Committee received an update on the progress of the Local Development Plan Evidence Report.