Delivery programme 2025

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021

• Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 March 2025

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Afford­able hous­ing at Tomintoul.

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Con­tents

Sec­tion 1: Pur­pose and format.. 5 Pur­pose 5 Format… 6 The role of part­ners. 7 Links to oth­er plans and strategies…. .10 Review of the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme .10 Sec­tion 2: Deliv­ery pipeline .11 Sum­mary 12 Deliv­ery pipeline .12

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Sec­tion 3: Developer oblig­a­tions 18 Updated developer con­tri­bu­tion inform­a­tion 25 Sec­tion 4: Nation­al pro­jects………. .29 Sec­tion 5: Infra­struc­ture deliv­ery and oth­er pro­jects .34 Sec­tion 6: Devel­op­ment land by set­tle­ment.. 40 Aviemore .41 Bal­later. 51 Blair Atholl .54 Boat of Garten 58 Brae­mar …60 Calv­ine.. …66 Car­rbridge …68

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Crom­dale 72 Dal­whin­nie.. .76 Din­net .79 Dul­nain Bridge .82 Glen­more .86 Grant­own-on-Spey ……88 Inver­druie and Coylumbridge….. 94 Kin­craig …96 Kin­gussie .98 Lag­gan 104 Nethy Bridge………… 106 New­ton­more… 108

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Tomin­toul.. 112

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Sec­tion 1: Pur­pose and format

Pur­pose

This Deliv­ery Pro­gramme sets out how the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity pro­poses to deliv­er the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021.

It updates and replaces the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 Action Pro­gramme 2022. The Plan­ning (Scot­land) Act 2019 (Com­mence­ment No. 12 and Sav­ing and Trans­ition­al Pro­vi­sions) Reg­u­la­tions 20231 require that when action pro­grammes asso­ci­ated with adop­ted loc­al devel­op­ment plans are reviewed, they will become deliv­ery pro­grammes. This is the first Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 Deliv­ery Programme.

The aim of the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme is to achieve the inten­ded out­comes of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan, as set out in its vis­ion, spa­tial strategy, policies and pro­pos­als. The Deliv­ery Pro­gramme is the

1 Click here to view The Plan­ning (Scot­land) Act 2019 (Com­mence­ment No. 12 and Sav­ing and Trans­ition­al Pro­vi­sions) Reg­u­la­tions 2023. 2 Click here to view The Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Devel­op­ment Plan­ning) (Scot­land) Reg­u­la­tions 2023.

Cairngorm Nation­al Park Authority’s main pro­ject man­age­ment tool for the loc­al devel­op­ment plan and will be used to help mon­it­or progress.

The Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Devel­op­ment Plan­ning) (Scot­land) Reg­u­la­tions 20232 require (in reg­u­la­tion 24) deliv­ery pro­grammes to set out:

1. A list of actions required to deliv­er each of the policies and pro­pos­als con­tained in the loc­al devel­op­ment plan and an explan­a­tion as to how those actions are to be taken,

2. the times­cale for the con­clu­sion of each such action,

3. the expec­ted sequen­cing of, and times­cales for, deliv­ery of hous­ing on sites alloc­ated by the loc­al devel­op­ment plan.

A key dif­fer­ence between the pre­vi­ous Action Pro­gramme and this Deliv­ery Pro­gramme is that this doc­u­ment con­tains a deliv­er­able hous­ing land pipeline. The pur­pose of the pipeline³ is to provide a trans­par­ent view of the phas­ing of hous­ing alloc­a­tions across the short (1 – 3 years), medium

3 As set out in Policy 16 of the Nation­al Plan­ning Frame­work 4. Click here to view Nation­al Plan­ning Frame­work 4.

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(4−6 years) and long-term (7 – 10 years) so that inter­ven­tions, includ­ing infra­struc­ture that enable deliv­ery, can be planned. Where sites earli­er in the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme are not delivered as pro­grammed, meas­ures to bring for­ward earli­er deliv­ery of long-term sites can be considered.

A devel­op­ment site which is expec­ted to span over more than one phase is cat­egor­ised by the phase dur­ing which the first houses are expec­ted to be completed.

The hous­ing land pipeline is informed by the approved annu­al hous­ing land audits of the five con­stitu­ent loc­al author­it­ies, which mon­it­or the deliv­ery of hous­ing land.

In addi­tion to the hous­ing land pipeline, the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme provides an up-to-date pos­i­tion for each set­tle­ment on the devel­op­ment pro­gress of each of the alloc­ated sites in the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan, includ­ing the pro­vi­sion of afford­able hous­ing and fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion secured through plan­ning per­mis­sions or required where per­mis­sion has not yet been gran­ted. Where sites are not pro­gress­ing, this is highlighted.

Format

The Deliv­ery Pro­gramme has six main sections:

• Sec­tion 1: Pur­pose and format p5 • Sec­tion 2: Deliv­ery pipeline p11 • Sec­tion 3: Developer oblig­a­tions p18 • Sec­tion 4: Nation­al pro­jects p29 Sec­tion 5: Infra­struc­ture deliv­ery and oth­er pro­jects p34 • Sec­tion 6: Devel­op­ment land inform­a­tion by set­tle­ment p40

4 Aber­deen­shire, Angus, High­land, Moray and Perth and Kinross Councils.

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The role of partners

The Deliv­ery Pro­gramme has been pre­pared by the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity. How­ever, the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity is only one of many stake­hold­ers — includ­ing pub­lic bod­ies, private developers, landown­ers and com­munit­ies — who are respons­ible for deliv­er­ing actions with­in it.

For example, most loc­al author­it­ies com­bine the roles of plan­ning author­ity with hous­ing author­ity, roads author­ity, edu­ca­tion author­ity and deliv­ery of ser­vices, each of which may help deliv­er the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan for their area. In the Cairngorms Nation­al Park, the loc­al author­it­ies con­tin­ue to do all those roles, with the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity shar­ing parts of the plan­ning author­ity role. This means that our Deliv­ery Pro­gramme relies heav­ily on the work of the loc­al author­it­ies and oth­er pub­lic bod­ies as well as the own­ers of land, private developers and communities.

All stat­utory con­sul­tees have been con­sul­ted on this Deliv­ery Pro­gramme to ascer­tain any addi­tion­al inform­a­tion relat­ing to the infra­struc­ture require­ments and any con­straints which may affect the deliv­ery of alloc­ated sites.

There are too many to identi­fy in detail, but some of the key roles are sum­mar­ised in this section.

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority

Respons­ible for:

• Pre­par­a­tion and adop­tion of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan for the Nation­al Park. • Coordin­a­tion of deliv­ery, mon­it­or­ing and review of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and Deliv­ery Pro­gramme. • Determ­in­a­tion of major and sens­it­ive applic­a­tions, mon­it­or­ing and enforce­ment, deliv­ery of effi­cient plan­ning ser­vice for cus­tom­ers. • Sup­port and small-scale fund­ing for cor­por­ate priorities.

Loc­al authorities

Respons­ible for:

• Gen­er­al plan­ning enquir­ies and advice, pre- applic­a­tion advice, val­id­a­tion / regis­tra­tion and

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• Envir­on­ment­al Impact Assess­ment screen­ing and scop­ing. • Determ­in­a­tion of house­hold­er and oth­er small-scale applic­a­tions, mon­it­or­ing and enforce­ment, deliv­ery of effi­cient plan­ning ser­vice for cus­tom­ers. • Hous­ing author­ity role includ­ing Hous­ing Strategies, Stra­tegic Hous­ing Invest­ment Plans, assess Hous­ing Need and Demand. • Build­ing con­trol, roads, waste, edu­ca­tion, care ser­vices, leis­ure, busi­ness sup­port, envir­on­ment­al health roles.

His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scotland

Respons­ible for:

• Advice and sup­port on the poten­tial impacts of devel­op­ment on the his­tor­ic envir­on­ment. Dur­ing the pre­par­a­tion of devel­op­ment plans this is to ensure that the his­tor­ic envir­on­ment is con­sidered in a pos­it­ive way. • Mak­ing and main­tain­ing lists of nation­ally import­ant his­tor­ic build­ings, archae­olo­gic­al sites and monu­ments, gar­dens and designed land­scapes and his­tor­ic battlefields.

• Click here for full details

Nature Scot

Respons­ible for:

• Advice and sup­port on nature and nat­ur­al land­scapes in pre­par­a­tion of Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plans and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers. • Reg­u­la­tion of Spe­cies Licences. • Click here to view NatureScot’s Ser­vice Statement

Scot­tish Water

Respons­ible for:

• Infra­struc­ture for, and con­nec­tions to, pub­lic water sup­plies and wastewa­ter sys­tems. Click here for full details

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Scot­tish Envir­on­ment Pro­tec­tion Agency

Respons­ible for:

• Advice and sup­port on envir­on­ment­al issues in pre­par­a­tion of Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers. • Envir­on­ment­al Reg­u­la­tions and Licensing.

Enter­prise agen­cies (High­lands and Islands Enter­prise, Scot­tish Enterprise)

Respons­ible for:

• Enga­ging in Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan pre­par­a­tion and con­sulta­tions. • Advice and sup­port on sus­tain­able eco­nom­ic and social devel­op­ment issues.

Oth­er pub­lic bodies

Respons­ible for:

• Advice and sup­port dur­ing pre­par­a­tion of Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers. • May invest in pro­jects or pro­grammes that sup­port or are con­nec­ted to the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan.

Developers (includ­ing com­munity groups or pub­lic bod­ies when act­ing as a developer)

Respons­ible for:

• Under­tak­ing work to make effect­ive plan­ning applic­a­tions, includ­ing seek­ing pre-applic­a­tion advice. • Com­ply­ing with plan­ning con­sents and con­di­tions. • Secur­ing oth­er required con­sents. • Keep­ing plan­ning author­it­ies informed of pro­gress or prob­lems with sites. • Secur­ing fund­ing, man­age devel­op­ment pro­cess through to com­ple­tion and dis­pos­al or sale of properties.

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Com­munit­ies and oth­er groups

Respons­ible for:

• Enga­ging in Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan pre­par­a­tion and con­sulta­tions. • Devel­op­ing and review­ing Com­munity Action Plans5 and Loc­al Place Plans. • Estab­lish­ing com­munity devel­op­ment com­pan­ies to coordin­ate and devel­op projects.

Links to oth­er plans and strategies

The Cairngorms Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan® is the high-level man­age­ment plan for the Nation­al Park and is the Eco­nom­ic Strategy, Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Strategy, Region­al Spa­tial Strategy, Cli­mate Action Plan and the Region­al Land Use Frame­work. It sets the con­text for the:

• Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan • Act­ive Cairngorms Action Plan • Cairngorms Nature Action Plan • Well­being Eco­nom­ic Action Plan

Review of the Deliv­ery Programme

The Deliv­ery Pro­gramme will be kept under review and updated and pub­lished at least every two years. The review will align with the year of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 peri­od and the phase with­in which that year belongs. The Deliv­ery Pro­gramme will there­fore fol­low the nat­ur­al pro­gres­sion of devel­op­ments through the plan peri­od in accord­ance with Nation­al Plan­ning Frame­work 4.

Each review will be repor­ted to Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Plan­ning Com­mit­tee for inform­a­tion and will be pub­lished on the Cairngorms Nation­al Park’s website.

5 Click here to view Com­munity Action Plans in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park. 6 Click here to view the Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan 2022 – 2027.

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Sec­tion 2: Deliv­ery pipeline

This sec­tion of the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme sets out the num­ber of dwell­ings expec­ted to be built each year over the loc­al devel­op­ment plan peri­od, start­ing in the fin­an­cial year 2020 / 2021. For 2020 / 2021 to 2022 / 2023 it lists com­ple­tions (dwell­ings which have been built in each year) and for 2022 / 2023 to 2029 / 2030 it presents the inform­a­tion set out in each con­stitu­ent authority’s most recent pub­lished hous­ing land audit. The pipeline tables identi­fy the phas­ing of hous­ing alloc­a­tions across the short, medi­um and long-term as follows:

• Short (1 – 3 years • 2020/2021 to 2022 / 2023) Medi­um (4 – 6 years – 2023 / 2024 to 2025 / 2026) • Long-term (7 – 10 years – 2026 / 2027 to 2029 / 2030)

It also includes the longer-term ​‘post 2030’ pipeline, again, using hous­ing land audit pub­lished data.

The table includes loc­al devel­op­ment plan alloc­ated sites as well as wind­fall sites (non-alloc­ated sites which have plan­ning per­mis­sion for hous­ing) of four or more dwell­ings. The deliv­ery pipeline has been col­our-coded to reflect pro­gress. While red, amber and green col­ours are used, the col­ours are not an assess­ment of the site’s deliv­er­ab­il­ity status. It does not mean that red sites are ​‘con­strained’ or ​‘undeliv­er­able’.

Green Site under con­struc­tion or built. Amber Site has an exist­ing plan­ning per­mis­sion which can be imple­men­ted. Red Site has no plan­ning permission.

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Sum­mary

Status Total site capa­city All com­ple­tions to 31 March 2023 Total dwell­ings remain­ing Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion 574 260 314 With per­mis­sion 104 104 No per­mis­sion 468 468 Totals 1,146 260 886

Deliv­ery pipeline

Com­ple­tions to 31 March 2023 and deliv­ery pipeline Short term Medi­um term Long term Status

Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion 56 29 175 103 90 83 24 13 1 With per­mis­sion 10 12 29 12 11 30 No per­mis­sion 35 46 43 34 24 286 Totals 56 29 175 113 102 147 82 67 35 24 316

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Sites with­in The High­land Coun­cil area’ Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan ref­er­ence Site Deliv­ery pipeline Short term Medi­um term Long term Aviemore H1 Dal­faber 3 7 Aviemore H2 Dal­faber 24 30 11 Aviemore M1 Aviemore High­land Resort 49 20 30 29 Aviemore C3 Dal­faber Indus­tri­al Estate 14 Aviemore wind­fall Land west of Allt Mor 14 24 Aviemore wind­fall Former saw mill, Inver­druie 1 1 2 2 Car­rbridge H1 Carr Road 18 29 Car­rbridge H2 Cran­nich Park 23 Crom­dale H1 Kirk Road 6 3 3 3 1 Crom­dale H2 Auchroisk Park 1 1 4 4 Dal­whin­nie H1 Land by gar­age 6 Dul­nain Bridge H1 Land west of play area 20 Dul­nain Bridge H2 Land adja­cent to A938 18 Dul­nain Bridge wind­fall Skye of Curr Road 1 2 Grant­own-on-Spey H1 Beachen Court 8 13 8 8 Grant­own on Spey H2 Castle Road 50

7 Based on High­land Coun­cil Hous­ing Land Audit 2023 (pub­lished Feb­ru­ary 2024). Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 13

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Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan ref­er­ence Site Deliv­ery pipeline Short term Medi­um term Long term Grant­own-on-Spey Rear of Strath­spey Hotel 4 wind­fall Kin­craig H1 Oppos­ite school 24 16 Kin­gussie H1 Land between Ardroilach Road 10 10 10 10 10 100 and Craig an Darach Kin­gussie wind­fall North of Ren­roc, Dun­barry Road 2 1 1 Kin­gussie wind­fall Former police sta­tion 1 3 4 Kin­gussie wind­fall Bank House 5 Lag­gan H1 Land adja­cent to A86 8 Nethy Bridge H1 Lettoch Road 5 5 5 5 Nethy Bridge H2 Land at Lyn­stock Cres­cent 10 10 10 10 4 New­ton­more H1 Land between Perth Road and 80 Sta­tion Road Totals Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion: 46 6 148 102 90 83 24 13 1 With plan­ning per­mis­sion: 10 11 12 10 10 No plan­ning per­mis­sion: 5 5 5 5 268 Total High­land Coun­cil: 46 6 148 112 101 100 39 28 6 268

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Sites with­in Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil area® Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan ref­er­ence: Site Deliv­ery pipeline Short term Medi­um term Long term Bal­later H1 Mon­al­trie Park 22 24 24 24 13 Bal­later C1 Former school 1 23 Brae­mar H1 Chapel Brae 3 3 Brae­mar H2 St Andrews Ter­race 15 30 Brae­mar H3 Kin­drochit Court Brae­mar H4 Chapel Brae 1 1 2 2 1 Din­net H1 Land to east 5 5 5 Totals Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion: 1 23 With plan­ning per­mis­sion: 1 17 2 1 30 No plan­ning per­mis­sion: 30 32 29 24 13 Total Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil: 1 23 0 0 1 47 34 30 24 13 30

8 Based on Aber­deen City and Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil Hous­ing Land Audit 2024 (pub­lished March 2025). Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 15

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Sites with­in Moray Coun­cil area⁹ Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan ref­er­ence Site Deliv­ery pipeline Short term Medi­um term Long term Tomin­toul H1 Land to north east 4 4 Tomin­toul H2 Lecht Drive 4 4 Tomin­toul wind­fall Former Tomin­toul sec­ond­ary 12 school Totals Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion: 1 15 1 With plan­ning per­mis­sion: No plan­ning per­mis­sion: 4 4 4 4 Total Moray Coun­cil: 1 0 27 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 4

9 Based on Moray Coun­cil Hous­ing Land Audit ²⁰²⁴⁄₅ (pub­lished August 2024). Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 16

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Sites with­in Perth and Kinross Coun­cil area 10 Loc­al Devel­op­ment Site Deliv­ery pipeline Plan ref­er­ence: Short term Medi­um term Long term Blair Atholl H1 Old Bridge of Tilt 5 5 5 5 Blair Atholl H2 Main Road 2 8 Blair Atholl H3 Land North of Little Orch­ard 8 Calv­ine C1 Old School 6 Totals Com­pleted / under con­struc­tion: 8 With plan­ning per­mis­sion: No plan­ning per­mis­sion: 5 5 5 7 14 Total Perth and Kinross Coun­cil: 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 7 14

10 Based on Perth and Kinross Coun­cil Hous­ing Land Audit 2023 (pub­lished Octo­ber 2023). Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 17

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Sec­tion 3: Developer obligations

This sec­tion of the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme sets out all afford­able hous­ing and fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions that have been agreed through plan­ning per­mis­sions and either built since April 2020 or have an exist­ing plan­ning permission.

This sec­tion also includes an update to some of the con­tent of the Com­munity Inform­a­tion sec­tion of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan, which iden­ti­fies what developer oblig­a­tions are anti­cip­ated for each set­tle­ment in the Nation­al Park.

The tables below include loc­al devel­op­ment plan alloc­ated sites as well as wind­fall sites (non-alloc­ated sites which have plan­ning per­mis­sion for hous­ing). Each site has been col­our-coded to reflect its status.

Green Site under con­struc­tion or built. Amber Site has an exist­ing plan­ning per­mis­sion which can be implemented.

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Sites with­in The High­land Coun­cil area

Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Aviemore H1 Dal­faber 511 25% Under con­struc­tion. Afford­able hous­ing com­bined across two plan­ning per­mis­sions on adjoin­ing sites. Aviemore H2 Dal­faber Aviemore M1 Aviemore High­land 33 26% Built and occu­pied. Resort An addi­tion­al 48 dwell­ings have been acquired by High­land Hous­ing Alli­ance for mid-mar­ket rent. Aviemore C2 Former school play­ing 12 100% Built and occu­pied. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion fields towards primary school capa­city. Aviemore C3 Dal­faber Indus­tri­al 14 100% Built and occu­pied. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion Estate towards primary school capacity.

11 The full afford­able hous­ing require­ment for sites H1 and H2 is 19 units. 14 of these are being delivered on C3. Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 19

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Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Aviemore wind­fall Former saw mill, 4 67% Built and occu­pied. Inver­druie Com­munity-led self-build Aviemore wind­fall Land west of Allt Mor 9 24% Built and occu­pied. 6 flats Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions and 3 ter­raced houses towards edu­ca­tion and acquired by Albyn Hous­ing bus ser­vice pro­vi­sion. Soci­ety. Car­rbridge H1 Carr Road 11 23% Built and occu­pied. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions agreed towards: • a new foot­path link (£87,806) 5 social rent and 6 mid- • primary school mar­ket rent. edu­ca­tion (£2,571 per dwell­ing and An addi­tion 7 dwell­ings £12,457 per flat). have been acquired by • school trans­port High­land Coun­cil for social (£50,000). rent. Car­rbridge H2 Cran­nich Park 10 43% Built and occu­pied. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion towards primary school edu­ca­tion. Crom­dale H1 Kirk Road 8 44% Built and occupied.

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Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Crom­dale H2 Auchroisk Park Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion of £2,500 towards afford­able hous­ing on 1 hous­ing plot. Dul­nain Bridge H2 Land adja­cent to A938 18 100% Built and occu­pied. 10 mid-mar­ket rent for High­land Hous­ing Alli­ance and 8 social rent for High­land Coun­cil. Grant­own on Beachen Court 23 35% Built and occu­pied. Spey H1 Kin­craig H1 Oppos­ite school 10 25% Built and occu­pied. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tion agreed towards act­ive travel. Kin­gussie H1 Land between 23 34% Built and occu­pied. Ardroilach Road and Craig an Darach Kin­gussie wind­fall Bank House 5 100% Built and occupied

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Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity New­ton­more H1 Land between Perth 20 25% Under con­struc­tion. Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Road and Sta­tion agreed: Road £36,000 towards acquir­ing the site north of Sta­tion Road for recre­ation­al use. £45,000 for improve­ments or exten­sion to New­ton­more Vil­lage Hall or oth­er com­munity facil­it­ies. Total Afford­able hous­ing: 205

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Sites with­in Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil area

Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Bal­later C1 Former school site 24 100% Built and occu­pied. Brae­mar H2 St Andrews Ter­race 11 27% With plan­ning per­mis­sion. Brae­mar H3 Kin­drochit Court All afford­able dwell­ings, for both sites, to be provided at Kin­drochit Court. Brae­mar H4 Chapel Brae 0 Con­tri­bu­tion towards afford­able hous­ing. Total Afford­able hous­ing: 35

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 23

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Sites with­in Moray Coun­cil area

Loc­al Afford­able hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Tomin­toul Former sec­ond­ary 12 100% Built and occu­pied. Con­tri­bu­tion towards wind­fall school site 9 dwell­ings for social rent, demand respons­ive 3 for dis­coun­ted sale. trans­port. Total Afford­able hous­ing: 12

Sites with­in Perth and Kinross Coun­cil area

Loc­al Afford­able Hous­ing Fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions Devel­op­ment Site Notes, includ­ing Plan ref­er­ence: Num­ber Per­cent­age addi­tion­al­ity Blair Atholl H3 Land North of Little 8 100% Built and occu­pied. Orch­ard Total Afford­able hous­ing: 8

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 24

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Updated developer con­tri­bu­tion information

The Com­munity Inform­a­tion sec­tion of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan sets out the types of developer con­tri­bu­tions that are anti­cip­ated in each set­tle­ment of the Nation­al Park. Policy 11 states that the Deliv­ery Pro­gramme will be used to pub­lish any updates to the developer con­tri­bu­tions that are anti­cip­ated for each settlement.

Edu­ca­tion

The ²⁰²³⁄₂₄ High­land Coun­cil school roll forecasts12, pub­lished in April 2024 and based on the latest Hous­ing Land Audit data, anti­cip­ate that the fol­low­ing schools in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park will be at over 80% capa­city dur­ing the plan period:

Aber­nethy Aber­nethy Primary School in Nethy Bridge is expec­ted to reach 90% capa­city in 2025 / 2026, which will fall Primary to 82% in 2026 / 2027. Although the longer-term fore­casts do not indic­ate any fur­ther capa­city issue in School terms of edu­ca­tion capa­city fall­ing from 76% in 2028 / 2029, any devel­op­ment should con­sider its imme­di­ate impact on exist­ing primary school pro­vi­sion and High­land Coun­cil should be con­sul­ted espe­cially in rela­tion to wind­fall sites in Nethy Bridge. Car­rbridge There remain edu­ca­tion­al capa­city con­straints in the fore­casts for Car­rbridge primary school with capa­city Primary reach­ing 103% in 2025 / 2026. This is fore­cast to fall to 99% in 2026 / 2027 and con­tin­ue to fall over the School fore­cast peri­od. From 2028 / 2029 there is not expec­ted to be future capa­city con­straints above 80% until 2038/2039. New­ton­more At New­ton­more Primary in 2025 / 2026 the capa­city is expec­ted to reach 91% and fall to 86% in 2026 / Primary 2027. Although it will con­tin­ue to fall until 2029/ 2030, it is fore­cast to rise again from 2031 / 2031 (79%) School and con­tin­ue to rise to 90% in 2037 / 2038. This indic­ated there could be future capa­city con­straints at this school.

12 Click here to see the High­land Coun­cil ²⁰²³⁄₂₄ school role fore­casts. Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 25

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Aviemore Primary School and Kin­gussie High School, where capa­city issues were iden­ti­fied in the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021, are no longer anti­cip­ated to reach capacity.

The 2023 Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil school roll forecasts13 anti­cip­ate that Aboyne Academy and Alford Academy will be at over 80% capa­city over the plan period:

Aboyne Capa­city at Aboyne Academy is fore­cast to be 88% in 2025 and will fall to 80% in 2028. As the fore­cas­ted Academy capa­city remains above 80% for the fore­cast peri­od, Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil should be con­sul­ted to determ­ine if developer con­tri­bu­tions toward edu­ca­tion pro­vi­sion are neces­sary. Alford Alford Academy is fore­cast to be at 102% capa­city in 2025, fall­ing slightly to 96% in 2028. Aber­deen­shire Academy Coun­cil should be con­sul­ted to determ­ine if developer con­tri­bu­tions toward edu­ca­tion pro­vi­sion are necessary.

In accord­ance with Policy 11 of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan, con­tri­bu­tions will there­fore be sought towards increas­ing school capa­city from new hous­ing devel­op­ments with­in the catch­ment areas of Aboyne Academy, Alford Academy, Aber­nethy Primary School, Car­rbridge Primary School and New­ton­more Primary School.

Health­care

At present there is no Nation­al Health Ser­vice (NHS) dent­al capa­city for new patients any­where across Badenoch and Strath­spey. Any new hous­ing devel­op­ment in Badenoch and Strath­spey should be aware that they may need to con­trib­ute to dent­al health care pro­vi­sion and NHS High­land will be con­sul­ted to con­sider if dent­al health­care developer con­tri­bu­tions are necessary.

13 Click here to see Aber­deen­shire Council’s 2023 school role fore­casts. Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 26

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NHS Grampi­an are cur­rently work­ing towards doing a review of its assets, includ­ing its hos­pit­als. Any applic­a­tions for hous­ing in the Aber­deen­shire area of the Nation­al Park should con­sult the health board on wheth­er developer con­tri­bu­tions toward health care pro­vi­sion will be sought.

The Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 stated that developer con­tri­bu­tions would be required to the Bal­later, Brae­mar and Aboyne med­ic­al prac­tices from rel­ev­ant devel­op­ment in their catch­ment areas. NHS Grampi­an advises that this remains the case, as detailed below:

Bal­later The Bal­later Med­ic­al Prac­tice is cur­rently over capa­city with fur­ther planned hous­ing that would be served by med­ic­al the prac­tice. Bal­later Med­ic­al Prac­tice have reques­ted alter­a­tions to increase capa­city. The premises are prac­tice cur­rently under review by NHS Grampi­an and the Aber­deen­shire Health and Social Care Part­ner­ship. Any applic­a­tions for hous­ing in Bal­later, should con­sult the health board on wheth­er developer con­tri­bu­tions toward the med­ic­al prac­tice should be sought. Brae­mar The Brae­mar Health Centre has recently had work under­taken and been com­pleted to cre­ate addi­tion­al med­ic­al capa­city. There is still a small space short­fall. Any applic­a­tions for hous­ing in Brae­mar, should con­sult the prac­tice health board on wheth­er developer con­tri­bu­tions toward the med­ic­al prac­tice should be sought. Aboyne At the Aboyne Med­ic­al Prac­tice ‑Tar­land Sur­gery there is a short­fall in accom­mod­a­tion. How­ever, the prac­tice med­ic­al is part of the wider Aboyne Med­ic­al Prac­tice where addi­tion­al capa­city could be cre­ated. Any applic­a­tions for prac­tice hous­ing in Din­net, should con­sult the health board on wheth­er developer con­tri­bu­tions toward the med­ic­al prac­tice should be sought.

In accord­ance with Policy 11 of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan, con­tri­bu­tions will there­fore be sought towards increas­ing health­care capa­city from new hous­ing devel­op­ments with­in the catch­ment areas of Bal­later, Brae­mar and Aboyne med­ic­al centres. The rel­ev­ant author­it­ies will be con­sul­ted on the need for developer con­tri­bu­tions when con­sid­er­ing plan­ning applic­a­tions for new hous­ing devel­op­ment across Badenoch and Strath­spey in rela­tion to dent­al care capa­city and with­in the Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil part of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park in rela­tion to hos­pit­al capacity.

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 27

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This updated inform­a­tion on school and health centre capa­city should be read in place of the inform­a­tion on anti­cip­ated developer con­tri­bu­tions for rel­ev­ant set­tle­ments in the Com­munity Inform­a­tion sec­tion of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment plan.

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025 28

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Sec­tion 4: Nation­al projects

The nation­al infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are rel­ev­ant to the vis­ion of the loc­al devel­op­ment plan and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

Nation­al pro­jects iden­ti­fied in the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 and Action Pro­gramme 2022

Pro­pos­al Descrip­tion Times­cale Lead Oth­er Notes agency part­ners A9 Dualling Cre­ation of a con­tinu­ous Nearly 50% Trans­port This pro­ject is lis­ted in the cat­egory 7 ​‘All Pur­pose of the A9 Scot­land Scot­tish Infra­struc­ture Dual Car­riage­way’ cor­ridor Invest­ment Plan 2021/2022 between Inverness and between – 2026 / 2027: Pro­gramme Perth. Inverness Pipeline. and Perth is Once com­plete, the pro­ject expec­ted to The deliv­ery plan announced is anti­cip­ated to provide be open as in Decem­ber 2023 anti­cip­ates the fol­low­ing bene­fits: dual com­ple­tion of the dualling car­riage­way between Perth and Inverness • Improved road safety by the end of by 2035 at the earli­est. Key and reduc­tion in 2030, rising stages affect­ing the Nation­al acci­dent sever­ity. to 85% by Park (sub­ject to con­firm­a­tion • Improved jour­ney times the end of in late 2025): and reli­ab­il­ity. 2033 and • Safe cross­ing points to • A9 North, com­pris­ing the link non-motor­ised user Cruben­more to Kincraig

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Pro­pos­al Descrip­tion Times­cale Lead Oth­er Notes agency part­ners routes and pub­lic 100% by the trans­port facil­it­ies. end of 2035. • Improved access to tour­ist and recre­ation sites. • Improved trunk road trans­port infra­struc­ture sup­port­ing sus­tain­able eco­nom­ic growth, and resi­li­ence to cli­mate change (Trans­port Scot­land, 2023).

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025

• and Dalraddy to Slo­chd pro­jects – pro­cure­ment is planned to com­mence in Winter 2026 / 2027; con­tract award is expec­ted in Autumn 2028, and dualling is expec­ted to become fully oper­a­tion­al by the end of 2033, at the earli­est. • A9 Cent­ral, com­pris­ing the Kil­liecrankie to Glen Garry, Glen Garry to Dal­whin­nie and Dal­whinne to Cruben­more pro­jects pro­cure­ment is planned to com­mence in Winter 2028 / 2029, con­tract award is expec­ted in Autumn 2030, and dualling is expec­ted to become fully oper­a­tion­al by the end of 2035, at the earli­est. 30

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Pro­pos­al Descrip­tion Times­cale Lead Oth­er Notes agency part­ners High­land To achieve a faster jour­ney To 2025 Trans­port Net­work Rail Announced in 2011, phase1 Main­line Rail time of 2 hours 45 minutes Scot­land was com­pleted in 2012 and 2 improve­ments between Inverness and the was com­pleted in 2019. Cent­ral Belt with an Fur­ther work is needed to aver­age jour­ney time of 3 achieve the pro­ject object­ive. hours and an hourly ser­vice by 2025. Trans­port Scot­land advises that the long-term goal is to achieve a fast­est jour­ney time of 2 hours 45 minutes between Inverness and the Cent­ral Belt with an aver­age jour­ney time of 3 hours and an increase to the num­ber of pas­sen­ger and freight paths per day. Decar­bon­isa­tion To 2045 Trans­port Net­work Rail Trans­port Scot­land is work­ing Scot­land on an update to its Rail Ser­vices Decar­bon­isa­tion Plan, first pub­lished July 2020. They anti­cip­ate a pro­gramme of inter­ven­tions to remove dies­el pas­sen­ger trains from 31 Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 — Deliv­ery Pro­gramme 2025

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Pro­pos­al Descrip­tion Times­cale Lead