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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 5 Appendix 2C 24/05/2019

AGENDA ITEM 5

APPENDIX 2C

2018/0350/DET

GEN­ER­AL COMMENTS

RECEIVED 20 SEP 2018

Dul­ridge Cor­garff Strath­don Aber­deen­shire AB36 8YP

Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil Plan­ning and Build­ing Stand­ards View­mount Arduth­ie Road Stone­haven AB39 2DQ

Dear Sirs, As the own­er of the above cot­tage I wish to make com­ment on the plan­ning applic­a­tion for hol­i­day chalets at Lagh­lass­er, Cor­garff APP/2018/2149.

I have a few con­cerns which are as fol­lows: a. the access road to the chalets and its prox­im­ity to a sharp corner (some years ago we would have decap­it­ated a for­eign biker had we not been hard in to our side of the road) b. the water sup­ply: in past years the sup­ply has run dry when only 2 houses used it c. the prox­im­ity of pet-friendly chalets to sheep on both sides of the river if dogs are not well con­trolled d. the effects on the wild life e.g. red squir­rels, deer and a large vari­ety of bird life which are a fea­ture of the area. I trust that these con­cerns will be con­sidered in any dis­cus­sions which follow.

I remain

Yours faith­fully,

Dorothea Meston (Mrs)

MRS DOR­IS MESTON

12 OCT 2009

CAIRNGORM NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY 14 THE SQUARE, GRANT­OWN ON SPEN SCOT­LAND PH 26 3HG (TEL 01479873535).

REF!-PLANNING MUR­RAY FER­GUSEN REF 2018/0350/DET.

SITE AT LAGH­LASS­ER COR­GARFF AB 3684AP

EDWARD LAN­CASTER 31 MACLEOD RD. BAL­LOCH INVERNESS IV27JW

DEAR SIRS,

I REFER TO THE ABOVE PRO­POSED DEVEL­OP­MENT. MY WIFE VERON­ICA HAS ALSO RESPON­DED. I HAVE CON­CERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT

① PROOF OF A SUS­TAIN­ABLE WATER SUP­PLY : WHAT HAP­PENS IF THE WATER SUP­PLY RUNS OUT. THEY WOULD NOT BE PER­MIT­TED TO DRAW WATER FROM THE DON OR COCK­BURN. AS THIS IS A SENSET­IVE BREED­ING GROUND FOR BROWN TROUT.

② ACCESS FROM THE PUB­LIC ROAD : THE PRESENT ACCESS IS POOR. AND DAN­GER­OUS PAR­TIC­U­LARLY DUR­ING THE SKI­ING AND TOUR­IST SEA­SON, THE TRAFFIC INCLUDES NUMER­OUS MOTOR BIKES WHICH USE THIS ROUTE AT EXCESS­IVE SPEEDS. THE ROAD DEPART­MENT HAVE THEIR RESER­VA­TIONS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE NECES­SARY 819HT LINES EVEN MORE TREES WILL NEED TO BE FELLED-

③ SEWAGE: THIS COULD BE A PROB­LEM IF NOT CON­TROLLED PROP­ERLY. THE DON IS A FAM­OUS TROUT RIVER AND SEPA WOULD NEED TO BE SAT­IS­FIED WITH ANY SEWAGE ARRANGEMENTS-

④ WILD LIFE & AT PRESENT THERE ARE SQUIR­RELS, AN OSPREY PERCH AND A HEALTHY POP­U­LA­TION OF VOLES AND WATER VOLES. IF DOGS ARE PRESENT THEY WILL BE AT ODDS WITH SUS­TAIN­ING THE WILD LIFE.

⑤ I WOULD HAVE NO OBJEC­TION TO LOR 2 CHALETS, BUT 12 SEEMS EXCESS­IVE AND IF UNSUS­TAIN­ABLE WOULD NOT BE A GOOD BUSI­NESS INVESTMENT

⑥ THE WOOD: THERE HAVE, RECENTLY, BEEN CLEAR FELLING OF 50% OF THE WOODED HILL. AND ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN WEL­COMED BY THOSE LIV­ING ADJA­CENT TO THE AREA FUR­THER FELLING FOR THE CHALETS AND SER­VICES WOULD COM­PLETELY CHANGE THE CHAR­AC­TER OF THE AREA.

THE TREES ARE ALL FIRS AND HAVE NOT BEEN WELL MAN­ACUED WHICH CASTS DOUBTS ON WHETH­ER SAT­IS­FACT­ORY DECIDU­OUS REPLANT­ING MAU TAKE PLACE

WE ARE YEARLY TENTANTS OF WILTON COT­TAGE AND WILL BE AWARE OF THE NUM­BER OF CHALET FACING US CIE IN AN EAST­ERLY DIR­EC­TION). NOT THE BEST ORI­ENT­A­TION FOR HOL­I­DAY BUILD­INGS. YOURS FAITHFULM

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2018/0350/DET

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2018/0350/DET Address: Site At Lagh­lass­er Cor­garff Strath­don AB36 8YP Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 12 Hol­i­day Cab­ins and Asso­ci­ated Ancil­lary Plant Build­ing, Ground Moun­ted Sol­ar Pan­els and Form­a­tion of Park­ing Area Case Officer: Emma Wilson

Cus­tom­er Details Name: Mr Jam­ie & Den­ise Howse Address: Spar Shop Bellabeg & Post Office Bellabeg Strathdon

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments neither object­ing to or sup­port­ing the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:Spar Shop Bellabeg & Post Office.

With ref­er­ence to the plan­ning applic­a­tion we wish to provide com­ment that any poten­tial vis­it­ors (tour­ists) to Upper Don­side will greatly help rur­al busi­nesses along this route. It needs to be quoted that rur­al retail trade is suf­fer­ing from home and online deliv­er­ies and it is a fact that tour­ism growth is key to the rur­al busi­nesses sur­viv­al. Spar Shop Bellabeg wel­comes any sym­path­et­ic devel­op­ment which would sup­port tour­ism trade.

West Aber­deen­shire Access Panel

Our Ref: APP/2018/2149 Your Ref:

Mr Jonath­an Cheyne MAC Archi­tects 24 Old­meldrum Road New­mach­er Aber­deen­shire AB21 0PJ

Please ask for Ruth Sim Sent on behalf of the West Aber­deen­shire Access Pan­el 25 Septem­ber 2018

West Aber­deen­shire Access Pan­el Ruth Sim 4 Black­smiths Cot­tages Birkhall Bal­later AB35 5ST Tel: westabzaccesspanel@​gmail.​com

Dear Mr Mathieson

Ref. No: APP/2018/2149:- EREC­TION OF 12 HOL­I­DAY CAB­INS — SITE AT LAGH­LASS­ER, COR­GAFF, STRATHDON.

The plans for change of use were con­sidered by the West Aber­deen­shire Access Pan­el on 18 Septem­ber 2018. The Pan­el have the fol­low­ing comments:-

As/​• From the plans it does not appear that the oppor­tun­ity has been taken to ensure that one of the cab­ins is suit­able for people with dis­ab­il­it­ies. It is recom­men­ded that at least one of the cab­ins be con­ver­ted for dis­abled access. Ref­er­ence to BS 8300 for the siz­ing and lay­out of these facil­it­ies will res­ult in prac­tic­al facil­it­ies. • One of the cab­ins should have a wet floor shower room to allow unas­sisted access to wheel­chair users. Ref­er­ence to BS8300 for the shower room and the access­ible toi­let else­where in the build­ing as regards siz­ing and lay­out (includ­ing the use of good col­our con­trast) will res­ult in prac­tic­al facilities.

As you may be aware, UK wide dis­abled people have a dis­pos­able income of £50 Bil­lion and loc­al exper­i­ence indic­ates that their friends and rel­at­ives also favour busi­nesses that are favour­able towards dis­abled people. We respect­fully request that con­sid­er­a­tion is giv­en to the recom­mend­a­tions above to ensure your devel­op­ment can bene­fit from this sig­ni­fic­ant mar­ket sector.

The com­ment is in addi­tion to the require­ments of the Build­ing Stand­ards Veri­fi­er and is to assist you in work­ing towards meet­ing your duties under the Equal­ity Act

1. The Pan­el asks that the above com­ments be giv­en due consideration.

If you have any ques­tions regard­ing the above com­ment, please do not hes­it­ate to get in con­tact with Ruth Sim

Yours sin­cerely

John Led­ing­ham Access Pan­el Co-ordinator

CC Plan­ner (planningonline@​aberdeenshire.​gov.​uk Ruth Sim, West Aber­deen­shire Access Panel