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Item 8 Appendix 2 HRA 20250238DET EstateLarderTomintoul

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 8

Appendix 2

2025/0238/DET

Hab­it­ats reg­u­la­tions appraisal

HAB­IT­ATS REG­U­LA­TIONS APPRAISAL

2025/0238/DET
Plan­ning ref­er­ence and pro­pos­al informationDemol­ish estate lar­der and erect a single storey steel portal framed replace­ment lar­der with gen­er­al pur­pose area
Kyl­nad­rochit Lodge At Bridge Of Brown Tomin­toul Ballindal­loch Moray AB37 9HJ
Appraised byScott Shanks, Eco­lo­gic­al Advice Officer
Date19 Novem­ber 2025
Checked byRachel Buckley
NatureScot Oper­a­tions Officer – Cent­ral Highlands
Date25 Novem­ber 2025

INFORM­A­TION

European site details

Name of European site(s) poten­tially affected

1) River Spey SAC (approx­im­ately 130m from development)

Please note: Ele­ments of the pro­posed devel­op­ment are with­in 190m of the Cre­ag nan Gam­hainn SAC which is des­ig­nated for Pet­ri­fy­ing springs with tufa form­a­tion (Cratoneur­i­on) (hard water springs depos­it­ing lime). How­ever, it is con­sidered that there is no con­nectiv­ity between the qual­i­fy­ing fea­tures of the SAC and the pro­posed devel­op­ment site, and so this site has been scoped out.

Ele­ments of the pro­posed devel­op­ment are with­in 2.6km of the Cairngorms Mas­sif SPA, which is des­ig­nated for golden eagle. How­ever, the hab­it­ats present with­in the devel­op­ment site are unsuit­able for golden eagle, and so this site has been scoped out.

Qual­i­fy­ing interest(s)

1) River Spey SAC

  • Otter
  • Fresh­wa­ter pearl mus­sel (FWPM)
  • Sea lamprey
  • Atlantic sal­mon

1) River Spey SAC

Con­ser­va­tion Object­ive 2. To ensure that the integ­rity of the River Spey SAC is restored by meet­ing object­ives 2a, 2b, 2c for each qual­i­fy­ing fea­ture (and 2d for fresh­wa­ter pearl mussel):

2b. Restore the dis­tri­bu­tion of fresh­wa­ter pearl mus­sel through­out the site

2c. Restore the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing fresh­wa­ter pearl mus­sel with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of food

2d. Restore the dis­tri­bu­tion and viab­il­ity of fresh­wa­ter pearl mus­sel host spe­cies and their sup­port­ing habitats

2a. Restore the pop­u­la­tion of fresh­wa­ter pearl mus­sel as a viable com­pon­ent of the site

2b. Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion of sea lamprey through­out the site

2c. Main­tain the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing sea lamprey with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of food

2a. Main­tain the pop­u­la­tion of sea lamprey as a viable com­pon­ent of the site

2b. Restore the dis­tri­bu­tion of Atlantic sal­mon through­out the site

2c. Restore the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing Atlantic sal­mon with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of food

2a. Restore the pop­u­la­tion of Atlantic sal­mon, includ­ing range of genet­ic types, as a viable com­pon­ent of the site

2b. Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion of otter through­out the site

2c. Main­tain the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing otter with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of food

2a. Main­tain the pop­u­la­tion of otter as a viable com­pon­ent of the site

Con­ser­va­tion Object­ive I. To ensure that the qual­i­fy­ing fea­tures of the River Spey SAC are in favour­able con­di­tion and make an appro­pri­ate con­tri­bu­tion to achiev­ing favour­able con­ser­va­tion status.

APPRAIS­AL

STAGE 1:

What is the plan or project?

Rel­ev­ant sum­mary details of pro­pos­al (includ­ing loc­a­tion, tim­ing, meth­ods, etc)

The pro­pos­al is to demol­ish an exist­ing estate lar­der and erect a single storey steel portal framed replace­ment lar­der with gen­er­al pur­pose area. The loc­a­tion of the pro­posed devel­op­ment is Kyl­nad­rochit Lodge next to the River Avon, just north-west of Tomin­toul in Moray.

The pro­pos­al will include con­struc­tion activ­ity and the clear-felling of approx­im­ately 0.19ha of