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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 10 24/06/2022

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

FOR INFORM­A­TION Title: PRO­POS­AL OF APPLIC­A­TION NOTI­FIC­A­TION- FORM­A­TION OF FORESTRY TRACKS IN ASSO­CI­ATION WITH WOOD­LAND OPER­A­TIONS REF­ER­ENCE: PRE/2022/0011

Pre­pared by: Ed Swales, Mon­it­or­ing and Enforce­ment Officer

Pur­pose of Report To inform the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee of: a) A Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Noti­fic­a­tion (PAN) b) The CNPA Officer’s advice in response to the pre applic­a­tion con­sulta­tion from Angus Coun­cil and; c) To allow mem­bers to raise any views on the issues to be addressed in an application.

Recom­mend­a­tion That the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee: a) Note the Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Noti­fic­a­tion for the Form­a­tion of forestry tracks asso­ci­ated with wood­land cre­ation at Glen Clova, Angus; b) Note the CNPA Officer’s advice on the issues to address; and c) Make com­ment on any addi­tion­al rel­ev­ant issues to be addressed in any future application.

Back­ground

1. The Plan­ning Com­mit­tee agreed a pro­ced­ure to allow mem­ber involve­ment in pre- applic­a­tion advice for major plan­ning applic­a­tions in Decem­ber 2015. This report informs the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee of the attached Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice (PAN). The sub­mis­sion of the PAN accords with the pro­vi­sions of the Plan­ning etc. (Scot­land) Act 2006 and was lodged with Angus Coun­cil. Mem­bers are asked to note this may form the basis of a sub­sequent plan­ning applic­a­tion. The pro­ced­ure involves officers present­ing the inform­a­tion provided with the noti­fic­a­tion along­side an assess­ment from officers on the issues that need to be addressed. Plan­ning Com­mit­tee mem­bers have an oppor­tun­ity to note issues that an applic­a­tion would be expec­ted to address. Mem­bers are not being asked to approve the advice of officers.

2. The pro­ced­ure involves officers present­ing the inform­a­tion provided with the noti­fic­a­tion along­side an assess­ment from officers on the issues that need to be addressed. Plan­ning Com­mit­tee mem­bers have an oppor­tun­ity to note issues that an applic­a­tion would be expec­ted to address. Mem­bers are not being asked to approve the advice of officers.

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 10 24/06/2022

1. The sub­mit­ted inform­a­tion attached at Appendix I includes: a) Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice b) Loc­a­tion Plan

The Pro­pos­al

1. The pro­pos­al is the form­a­tion of up to 30km of forestry tracks which will be used to facil­it­ate the plant­ing of a diverse mix of wood­land. Officers under­stand that an asso­ci­ated wood­land plant­ing scheme is being pro­gressed with Scot­tish Forestry, though at this stage there is no approved scheme and a plan­ning applic­a­tion could made inde­pend­ently of such a scheme.

2. The applic­ant has not sought form­al pre-applic­a­tion advice from the Plan­ning Author­ity via the Pre-Applic­a­tion Advice Ser­vice for Major Devel­op­ments pri­or to lodging this Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice, though they have dis­cussed EIA screen­ing and scop­ing with the Angus Coun­cil and the CNPA has provided com­ments on rel­ev­ant mat­ters for an EIA to consider.

Site Descrip­tion

1. The site com­prises of open moor­land hill­side above the val­ley floor which the river south Esk flows through. There are sporad­ic plant­a­tion wood­lands through the site, and some are served by forestry tracks at present.

Devel­op­ment Plan Context

Nation­al Policy	Scot­tish Plan­ning Policy 2014
Stra­tegic Policy	Cairngorms Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan 2017 – 2022
Loc­al Plan Policy	Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan (2021)
POLICY I	Those policies rel­ev­ant to the assess­ment of this applic­a­tion are marked with a cross
	NEW HOUS­ING DEVELOPMENT
POLICY 2	SUP­PORT­ING ECO­NOM­IC GROWTH
POLICY 3	DESIGN & PLACEMAKING
POLICY 4	NAT­UR­AL HERITAGE	X
POLICY 5	LAND­SCAPE	X
POLICY 6	THE SIT­ING AND DESIGN OF DIGIT­AL COM­MU­NIC­A­TIONS EQUIPMENT
POLICY 7	RENEW­ABLE ENERGY
POLICY 8	OPEN SPACE, SPORT, AND RECREATION
POLICY 9	CUL­TUR­AL HERITAGE	X
POLICY 10	RESOURCES	X
POLICY 11	DEVELOPER CON­TRI­BU­TIONS

1. All new devel­op­ment pro­pos­als require to be assessed in rela­tion to policies con­tained in the adop­ted Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan. The full word­ing of policies can be found at: https://​cairngorms​.co​.uk/​w​p​-​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​/​u​p​l​o​a​d​s​/​2​0​2​1​/​0​3​/​C​N​P​A​-​L​D​P​-​2​0​2​1​-​w​e​b.pdf

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 10 24/06/2022

Plan­ning Guidance

1. Sup­ple­ment­ary guid­ance also forms part of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and provides more details about how to com­ply with the policies. Guid­ance that is rel­ev­ant to this applic­a­tion is marked with a cross.

Policy I	New Hous­ing Devel­op­ment Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance (2015)
Policy 2	Sup­port­ing Eco­nom­ic Growth Non-Stat­utory Guidance
Policy 3	Design and Place­mak­ing Non-Stat­utory Guidance
Policy 4	Nat­ur­al Her­it­age Sup­ple­ment­ary Guidance	X
Policy 5	Land­scape Non-Stat­utory Guidance	X
Policy 7	Renew­able Energy Sup­ple­ment­ary Guidance
Policy 8	Sport and Recre­ation Non-Stat­utory Guidance
Policy 9	Cul­tur­al Her­it­age Non-Stat­utory Guidance	X
Policy 10	Resources Non-Stat­utory Guidance	X
Policy 11	Developer Con­tri­bu­tions Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance (2015)

1. Rel­ev­ant plan­ning policy and inform­a­tion require­ments have been set out. Land­scape and Visu­al assess­ment will be required as part of any sub­sequent plan­ning applic­a­tion along with sub­stan­tial eco­lo­gic­al surveys.

Poten­tial Mater­i­al Plan­ning Considerations

1. The mater­i­al plan­ning con­sid­er­a­tions for any sub­sequent applic­a­tion are: a. The prin­ciple of devel­op­ment b. Land­scape impacts c. Envir­on­ment­al impacts (includ­ing impacts on pro­tec­ted sites) d. Ser­vi­cing and access require­ments e. Water, Flood Risk, and Drainage

Con­clu­sion and Next Steps

1. The report presents the inform­a­tion sub­mit­ted to date as part of the PAN. Officers have sum­mar­ised the policy con­sid­er­a­tions against which any future plan­ning applic­a­tion will be con­sidered as well as the poten­tial mater­i­al plan­ning con­sid­er­a­tions and key issues based on the inform­a­tion avail­able to date. The list is not exhaust­ive and fur­ther mat­ters may arise as and when a plan­ning applic­a­tion is received and in the light of pub­lic rep­res­ent­a­tions and con­sulta­tion responses.

2. It is recom­men­ded that the Com­mit­tee notes the sub­mis­sion of the PAN and advises of any mater­i­al issues it wishes be brought to the applicant’s attention.

Ed Swales Mon­it­or­ing and Enforce­ment Officer June 2022 edwardswales@​cairngorms.​co.​uk