Item5Appendix2HRA20190120DET

This document contains a Habitats Regulations Appraisal for a proposed construction of 47 houses and flats near Carrbridge, within the Cairngorms National Park. The appraisal, prepared on 17 May 2019 by Anne Elliott for the Cairngorms National Park Authority (Park Authority), assesses the potential impact of the development on several Special Protection Areas (SPAs), including Abernethy Forest SPA, Anagach Woods SPA, Cairngorms SPA, Craigmore Wood SPA, and Kinveachy Forest SPA, particularly concerning the disturbance to capercaillie populations. The appraisal concludes that while the development is likely to have a significant effect on capercaillie, the potential disturbance arising from the development is not likely to have any measurable effect on capercaillie and there is no impact on the integrity of the SPAs from the proposed development, considering the existing recreational network.