Item 5 RevackAgriculturalShed Committee Report 20250229DET

This document contains a committee report about a retrospective planning application from Revack Estate for an agricultural storage shed near Grantown on Spey. The shed was built on what was formerly Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS) woodland, involving the felling of 0.33 hectares of trees, which was against planning policies and lacked prior ecological surveys. However, the shed also features a biomass heating system, supporting renewable energy for the estate. The Park Authority recommends approving the application, but only with several strict conditions. These include undertaking a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, implementing a compensatory planting plan for 1.65 hectares of native trees, adding further landscaping, and installing biodiversity enhancements like swift, bird, and bat boxes to address the environmental impacts.