Item5Appendix2SupportingInformation20190121DET

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 5 Appendix 2 28/06/2019

AGENDA ITEM 5

APPENDIX 2

2019/0121/DET

SUP­PORT­ING INFORMATION

Glen­ban­chor Estate – Glen­ban­chor, New­ton­more – Resur­fa­cing of Track Sec­tion Sup­port­ing Statement

savills

Back­ground: This is a ret­ro­spect­ive Plan­ning Applic­a­tion for the hill track works recently under­taken at Glen­ban­chor Estate, situ­ated with­in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park.

The sec­tion of track covered by this applic­a­tion is shown on the loc­a­tion and site plan PL01‑A.

This applic­a­tion hopes to reg­u­lar­ise the breach of plan­ning con­trol in terms of the repair and resur­fa­cing of the exist­ing track.

Glen­ban­chor has a num­ber of exist­ing track net­works across the Estate, some of which are merely rut­ted tracks over fra­gile areas, caus­ing more dam­age as they are used, espe­cially through the winter months. The Estate under­took some repair and resur­fa­cing works, using loc­al mater­i­als from exist­ing bor­row pits, to pre­vent fur­ther erosion. The tracks have had 4 new cul­verts installed, where the exist­ing track was col­lapsing (with one cul­vert yet to be installed), as shown on the site plan, with the intro­duc­tion of a turn­ing area to the north end, by way of a pro­pri­et­ary mat­ting, ​‘Grass Pro­tect’, which allows grass and plants to grow through but also pro­tects fra­gile ground below when driv­en over — the Data Sheet provides more detail on this.

Grass seed­ing will be intro­duced to the centre line of the track to reduce any visu­al impact of the repairs

The tracks are cur­rently estab­lished routes as a cohes­ive net­work for both agri­cul­tur­al use, deer man­age­ment and sporting.

Sum­mary: The repair of this track sec­tion has been under­taken in accord­ance with the guidelines set out in the SNH good prac­tice guide, Con­struc­ted Tracks in the Scot­tish Uplands, min­im­ising the visu­al impact and will also tie in with the exist­ing track net­work, in terms of scale, dimen­sions and finish.

No sub­stan­tial ground works were iden­ti­fied and no float­ing track con­struc­tion was necessary.

Page 1 of 1

Grasspro­tecta™ FRE­QUENCY OF USE SUG­GES­TED APPLIC­A­TIONS Occa­sion­al con­sec­ut­ive vehicu­lar use ↑ & Per­man­ent grassed over­flow car parks, res­id­en­tial park­ing, access routes, hol­i­day park areas, verges and wheel­chair access routes on firm, well-drained ground.

UK MAN­U­FAC­TURED GRASSPRO­TECTA heavy-duty poly­ethyl­ene mesh rein­forces grassed sur­faces prone to wear and smear­ing e.g. per­man­ent car park­ing and heav­ily-used ped­es­tri­an areas. The oscil­lated mesh struc­ture provides great­er trac­tion and sig­ni­fic­antly high­er slip res­ist­ance when com­pared with stand­ard mesh altern­at­ives. GRASSPRO­TECTA mesh is avail­able in three thick­nesses: 10mm, 13mm and 14.5mm.

Bene­fits • High level of rein­force­ment — up to 8t per stat­ic axle load on firm ground • Suit­able for per­man­ent applic­a­tions • Can accom­mod­ate shal­low slopes • Fast and cost-effect­ive install­a­tion • No excav­a­tion or soil remov­al is nor­mally required • High­er slip-res­ist­ance than stand­ard mesh products

GRASSPRO­TECTA mesh is simple to install. The sward grows through the mesh aper­tures and knits with the fil­a­ments to cre­ate a strong, dis­creetly rein­forced sur­face which is cap­able of with­stand­ing vehicle loads, lim­it­ing dam­age and help­ing to reduce com­pac­tion by redu­cing dir­ect con­tact with the soil sur­face. The grass can be mown, rolled and fer­til­ised as nor­mal dur­ing this peri­od and the mesh soon becomes unobtrusive.

GRASSPRO­TECTA mesh can also be installed onto newly-land- scaped areas and seeded as required. It is strongly advised that newly-installed areas remain untraf­ficked until the sward and the mesh have knit­ted — nor­mally after a few weeks dur­ing the grow­ing sea­son, increas­ing to a few months out of sea­son. Imme­di­ate use may restrict growth and lim­it the effect­ive­ness of the installation.

Applic­a­tions The Lite (10mm) grade is suit­able for: • Ped­es­tri­ans, bikes and infre­quent cars • Grass paths • Wheel­chair access • Lawn parking

The Medi­um (13mm) grade is suit­able for: • Over­flow car parks • Occa­sion­al cars and vans • Golf buggy paths • Verge stabilisation

The Heavy (14.5mm) grade is suit­able for: • Reg­u­lar cars and vans • Event grass park­ing • Cara­van park/​holiday areas • Grass car parks

GRASSPRO­TECTA mesh is a source-con­trol solu­tion for Sus­tain­able Urb­an Drain­age Sys­tems (SUDS) and is a suit­able altern­at­ive to imper­meable, paved sur­faces where occa­sion­al-used, nat­ur­al-grassed, traffic routes are pre­ferred, or where plan­ning restric­tions may be applied or cost sav­ings are being considered.

Fix­ing Pins & Pegs Steel U‑pins or plastic pegs to secure GRASSPRO­TECTA to the ground. Yel­low mark­er pegs are avail­able if required.

Fix­ing pin & peg product details PRODUCT U‑Pins Black Pegs SIZE 170 x 70 x 6 dia. 140 long MATER­I­AL Steel Recycled HDPE OUT­ER 50 Pack 100 Pack

Grasspro­tecta product details SIZES (m) GRADE COL­OUR WEIGHT THICK­NESS MATER­I­AL 1 x 10 1 x 20 2 x10 2 x 20 Lite Green/​Black 0.95kg/m² 10mm Recycled/​Virgin HDPE blend Medi­um Heavy Green/​Black 1.6kg/m² 13mm Recycled/​Virgin HDPE blend Green/​Black 2kg/​m² 14.5mm Recycled/​Virgin HDPE blend 1 x 10 1 x 20 2 x10 2 x 20 2 x 10 2 x 20 1 x 10 For more inform­a­tion, con­tact us today or vis­it our web­site: www​.groundtrax​.com

GROUNDTRAX Ground Pro­tec­tion and Rein­force­ment Tele­phone: 03456 800008 | Fax: 03456 800208 E‑Mail: info@​groundtrax.​com | Web­site: www​.groundtrax​.com 9