Item 5 Risk Assessment 20260135DET CairngormMountain

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

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PLAN­NING COM­MIT­TEE SITE VISIT

Descrip­tion and notes: The Plan­ning Com­mit­tee will be vis­it­ing the site of a pro­posed devel­op­ment com­pris­ing the install­a­tion of a moun­tain tobog­gan track and asso­ci­ated struc­tures, build­ings, plat­forms, land­scap­ing and infra­struc­ture works at Land 250M NE of Ranger Base Office, Cairngorm Moun­tain, Glen­more, Aviemore. Com­mit­tee Mem­bers will be accom­pan­ied by mem­bers of the Plan­ning Team. The site vis­it will be open to the pub­lic and any oth­er inter­ested parties who con­trib­uted to the applic­a­tion pro­cess includ­ing con­sul­tees, and the details will be pub­lished on our web­site. Travel to the site for Com­mit­tee Mem­bers and mem­bers of the plan­ning team will be by private or fleet vehicles. The vis­it is expec­ted to last around 30 minutes and will be run by the Con­vener of the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee and Plan­ning Officer.

Assessor:	Date of ini­tial assess­ment:	Date of next review:
Heath­er Boswell	03/11/2026

Does this risk assess­ment reduce the risk to an accept­able level? Yes

This risk assess­ment is currently: Under construction

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Risk assess­ment

Haz­ard	Who is at risk?	Poten­tial harm	Con­trols required to make the risk acceptable
Road con­di­tions	Drivers	Acci­dent on pub­lic roads or off road	At meet­ing points staff to ensure all parties embark and dis­em­bark vehicles safely.
Walk­ing on site	All attendees	Tripping/​wet weath­er conditions/​tired	Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Mem­bers, CNPA staff, the applic­ant and any attend­ing con­sul­tees will stay in a group on site. Site vis­it par­ti­cipants will walk from the Cairngorm Moun­tain Resort car park to the base of the Day Lodge Poma and view the pro­posed loc­a­tion of the tobog­gan from this loc­a­tion. Site vis­it par­ti­cipants will not walk the pro­posed tobog­gan route. The Con­vener of plan­ning com­mit­tee and Plan­ning Officer will brief attendees accord­ingly and will wear high vis­ib­il­ity jack­ets so the group can identi­fy them. Site vis­it arrange­ments will be pub­lished on the CNPA web­site in advance, set­ting out the tim­ings, arrange­ments and need to wear water­proof cloth­ing depend­ing on weath­er. The Plan­ning Officer and Con­vener will brief any oth­er parties attend­ing at the meet­ing point before they head to the site. Com­mit­tee Mem­bers will be briefed on arrange­ments by the Clerks to Committee.

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Haz­ard	Who is at risk?	Poten­tial harm	Con­trols required to make the risk acceptable
View­ing hillside	All attendees	Injury from slips, trips, falls. Trip­ping on uneven ground.	The sug­ges­ted walk­ing route from the car park to the begin­ning of Day Lodge Poma will involve walk­ing on ter­rain which is uneven under­foot. The Con­vener and Plan­ning Officer will warn mem­bers where trip haz­ards are iden­ti­fied on site. Plan­ning staff to carry charged mobile phone to use in the event of an emer­gency. Attendees briefed in advance of the nature of the visit.
Cold or wet weather	All attendees	Dis­com­fort, hypo­ther­mia, frost­nip, frostbite.	Fore­cast will be checked pri­or to site vis­it date. In the event of extreme weath­er con­di­tions, the site vis­it will be can­celled and drone foot­age will be shown at plan­ning com­mit­tee to demon­strate the site con­text. Advise attendees to wear appro­pri­ate cloth­ing for weath­er con­di­tions. It is not anti­cip­ated that site vis­it par­ti­cipants will spend a pro­longed peri­od of time out­side. Mem­bers can return to mode of trans­port whenev­er they choose.
High winds or thunderstorms	All attendees	Injury from fly­ing or fall­ing objects. Light­ning strike.	Fore­cast will be checked pri­or to date and plans amended or can­celled if neces­sary. Mem­bers can return to mode of trans­port whenev­er they choose.
Bio­lo­gic­al haz­ards includ­ing anim­al efflu­ent, insect bites / stings and plants stings.	All attendees	Bites, stings, infec­tion, dis­ease and anaphylaxis.	Advise attendees to wear appro­pri­ate cloth­ing. Attendees to stay with group and flag any con­cerns on site to Con­vener and Plan­ning Officer. Giv­en the loc­a­tion and expect­a­tion that site par­ti­cipants keep to form­al paths, there is less like­li­hood of stings etc.

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Haz­ard	Who is at risk?	Poten­tial harm	Con­trols required to make the risk acceptable
Injury to those with lim­ited mobility	Parties with lim­ited mobility	Injury get­ting into or out of vehicles or from walk­ing too far	Staff to assist parties into and out of vehicles as required. Dis­tances to be walked as part of the site vis­it will be limited.

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PPE require­ments As per the risk assess­ment above, the fol­low­ing PPE will be required to com­plete the task.

• [ ] None required
• [ ] Eye pro­tec­tion — spe­cify type:
• [ ] Pro­tect­ive foot­wear — spe­cify type:
• [ ] Head pro­tec­tion — spe­cify type:
• [ ] Res­pir­at­or / mask — spe­cify type:
• [ ] Ear pro­tec­tion — spe­cify type:
• [ ] Gloves — spe­cify type:
• [x] Oth­er — spe­cify: water­proof cloth­ing and foot­wear. Case Officer and Con­vener to wear high vis­ib­il­ity jack­et for iden­ti­fic­a­tion purposes.

Review his­tory

Date	Name	Pos­i­tion	Com­ments