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Item5 NMU committee report 20250109DET revised

Item 5 Plan­ning Com­mit­tee 28 August 2026 Page 1 of 54

Com­mit­tee report

Devel­op­ment proposed:

Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated non-motor­ised user route/​path; Land between Aviemore and Carrbridge.

Ref­er­ence: 2025/0109/DET Applic­ant: Trans­port Scot­land Date called-in: 12 May 2025 Recom­mend­a­tion: Approve sub­ject to recom­men­ded con­di­tions Case officer: Heath­er Boswell, Seni­or Plan­ning Officer

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This map has been pro­duced to aid in the stat­utory pro­cess of deal­ing with plan­ning applic­a­tions. The map is to help identi­fy the site and its sur­round­ings and to aid Plan­ning Officers, Com­mit­tee Mem­bers and the Pub­lic in the determ­in­a­tion of the pro­pos­al. Maps shown in the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Report can only be used for the pur­poses of the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee. Any oth­er use risks infringing Crown Copy­right and may lead to pro­sec­u­tion or civil pro­ceed­ings. Maps pro­duced with­in this Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Report can only be repro­duced with the express per­mis­sion of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity and oth­er Copy­right hold­ers. This per­mis­sion must be gran­ted in advance.

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Site descrip­tion, pro­pos­al and history

Site descrip­tion

  1. The applic­a­tion site runs in a north south ori­ent­a­tion from Car­rbridge to Aviemore. At the south­ern end of the pro­pos­al site the route starts at Dou­gal Drive, Aviemore and at its north­ern end the route ter­min­ates at the south­ern extents of Car­rbridge. Out­with Aviemore and Car­rbridge the applic­a­tion site is pre­dom­in­antly rur­al in char­ac­ter with scattered set­tle­ments and built form present.

  2. The applic­a­tion site inter­acts with a vari­ety of exist­ing land uses includ­ing, but not lim­ited to, exist­ing pub­lic foot­paths, trunk road(s) and verges, farm­land, wood­land includ­ing ancient wood­land and vet­er­an trees, sport­ing estates, the High­land Main Line rail­way, private res­id­ences, com­mer­cial prop­er­ties, access routes and utilities.

  3. The applic­a­tion site is with­in close prox­im­ity (2km) of the fol­low­ing envir­on­ment­ally des­ig­nated sites: a) Loch Vaa Spe­cial Pro­tec­tion Area (SPA) b) Kin­veachy Forest SPA c) River Spey Spe­cial Area of Con­ser­va­tion (SAC) d) Kin­veachy Forest SAC e) Craigel­lach­ie Nation­al Nature Reserve (NNR) f) Craigel­lach­ie Site of Spe­cial Sci­entif­ic Interest (SSSI) g) Loch Vaa SSSI h) River Spey SSSI i) Kin­veachy Forest SSSI

Pro­pos­al

  1. The draw­ings and doc­u­ments asso­ci­ated with this applic­a­tion are lis­ted below and are avail­able on the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity web­site unless noted oth­er­wise: https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​l​i​n​e​-​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​t​i​o​n​s​/​c​a​s​e​D​e​t​a​i​l​s​.​d​o​?​k​e​y​V​a​l​=​S​V​M​L​L​G​S​I​0​C​P​0​0​&​c​a​s​e​T​y​p​e​=​A​p​p​l​i​c​ation https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​l​i​n​e​-​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​t​ions/

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TitleDraw­ing Num­berDate on Plan*Date Received
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Sheet 1 of 3ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_ZZZZZ_ZZ — DR — RD — 0001 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Sheet 2 of 3ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_ZZZZZ_ZZ — DR — RD — 0002 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Sheet 3 of 3ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_ZZZZZ_ZZ — DR — RD — 0003 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — ACN­MU Loc­a­tion PlanACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_ZZZZZ_ZZ — DR — RD — 0002 P0514/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Site Sec­tion Plan Avie­lochan Farm Rein­forced Earth­works Slope Gen­er­al Arrange­ment & Typ­ic­al DetailsACN­MU — AMJ — SGT — A_MLZZZ_XX — DR — GE — 0001 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Gen­er­al Plan Elev­a­tion & Sec­tions — Birch View L Shaped Retain­ing WallACN­MU — AMJ — SRW — X_SRBRV_ST — DR — ST — 0001 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Gen­er­al Plan — Elev­a­tion & Sec­tions — The Knoll L Shaped Retain­ing WallACN­MU — AMJ — SRW — X_SRKNO_ST — 0001 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 1 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0001 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 2 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0002 P0314/03/2502/05/25

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TitleDraw­ing Num­berDate on Plan*Date Received
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 3 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0003 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 4 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0004 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 5 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0005 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 6 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0006 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 7 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0007 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 8 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0008 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 9 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0009 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 10 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0010 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Lay­out Plan — Water­course Realign­ment Sheet 11 of 11ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_MLZZZ_WV — DR — DE — 0011 P0314/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Strategy Typ­ic­al DetailsACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_ZZXXX_ZZ — DR — DE — 0001 P0214/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Drain­age Strategy Typ­ic­al Cross Sec­tions (1 of 2)ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_ZZXSE_ZZ — DR — DE — 0521 P0214/03/2502/05/25

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TitleDraw­ing Num­berDate on Plan*Date Received
Plan — Drain­age Strategy — Typ­ic­al Cross Sec­tions (2 of 2)ACN­MU — AMJ — HDG — A_ZZXSE_ZZ — DR — DE — 0522 P0214/03/2502/05/25
Plan — Sec­tion Plan — Feith Mhor Cul­vert ExtensionACN­MU — AMJ — SMN — X_CVFMH_CV — DR — ST — 0001 P0214/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Sec­tion Plan — Net­work Rail Embank­ment Rein­forced Earth­works Slope Gen­er­al Arrange­ment & Typ­ic­al DetailsACN­MU — AMJ — SGT — A_MLZZZ_XX — DR — GE — 0002 P0314/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Sec­tion Plan — Stand­ard Kerb DetailACN­MU — AMJ — HKF — X_ZZZZZ_ZZ — DE — CI — 000114/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 1 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0001 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 2 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0002 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 3 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0003 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 4 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0004 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 5 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0005 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 6 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0006 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 7 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0007 P0414/03/2505/05/25

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TitleDraw­ing Num­berDate on Plan*Date Received
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 8 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0008 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 9 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0009 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 10 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0010 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 11 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0011 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 12 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0012 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 13 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0013 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 14 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0014 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Loc­a­tion Plan — Plan­ning Bound­ary — 15 of 15ACN­MU — AMJ — HGN — A_MLZZZ_ZZ — DR — ZZ — 0015 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 1 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML — A_ML000_ZZ — DR — RD — 0001 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 2 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML — A_ML000_ZZ — DR — RD — 0002 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 3 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML — A_ML000_ZZ — DR — RD — 0003 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 4 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML — A_ML000_ZZ — DR — RD — 0004 P0414/03/2505/05/25

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TitleDraw­ing Num­berDate on Plan*Date Received
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 5 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML — A_ML000_ZZ — DR — RD — 0005 P0414/03/2505/05/25
Plan — Site Level Plan — ACN­MU Main­line Plan and Pro­file Sheet 6 of 14ACN­MU — AMJ — HML -