Item 8 Appendix 2 HRA 20250238DET EstateLarderTomintoul

This document contains an assessment of how a proposed building project might affect important natural areas. It looks at plans to demolish an old estate larder and build a new one at Kylnadrochit Lodge, which is close to the River Avon, a tributary of the River Spey. The assessment focuses on the River Spey Special Area of Conservation (SAC), a vital habitat for species like otters, freshwater pearl mussels, sea lampreys, and Atlantic salmon. The main concern was that construction work could indirectly harm these animals and their watery homes through things like sediment and pollution. However, the assessment concludes that with important safeguards, such as conducting surveys for protected species before starting and putting in place a Construction Environmental Management Plan to stop pollution, the project won't negatively impact this special natural site.