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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Item 5 Appendix 3a 09 June 2023 Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 5

Appendix 3a

2023/0019/DET

Rep­res­ent­a­tions Objections

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details Name:

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:The plan­ning per­mis­sion for this site was issued by Cairngorm Nation­al Park so why has this ammend­ment been sent to The High­land Coun­cil Plan­ning Depart­ment? This com­pany has con­tra­vened the plan­ning restric­tions placed on them regard­ing the flood­plain of The Aviemore burn and totally ignored an order placed on them by The Cairngorm Nation­al Park to return the flood­plain to its ori­gin­al state and remove the levee they have built all along the burn, pre­vent­ing the flood­wa­ter access to its tra­di­tion­al flood­plain. This com­pany has proved that it can­not be trus­ted to fol­low any restric­tions placed on them by a Plan­ning Author­ity and until they have fully com­plied with Orders placed on them they should be refused any fur­ther per­mis­sions. The idea of build­ing a three storey eye­sore of hol­i­day flats on the highest point on this site is ridicu­lous and would be a car­buncle over­look­ing the vil­lage for time to come. The added drain­age prob­lems that the com­pany has exper­i­enced in the devel­op­ment of this site will be exacer­bated. (Nobody listens to loc­als). The enorm­ous stag­nant pond they have cre­ated and reg­u­lar pol­lu­tion of the burn lead­ing into the Spey stands testi­mony to this. The ori­gin­al con­di­tion was that no engin­eer­ing works of any type was to be allowed on the flood­plain, now there is no flood­plain left and they want to increase the hol­i­day homes! Surely enough is enough. The people in Craig na gower Aven­ue whose houses have flooded in the past are hold­ing their breath.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0019/DET

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0019/DET Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore High­land Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Stephanie Wade

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I object to this build as

1. It is in a flood plain
2. The flats will be too high, impos­ing on sur­round­ing houses privacy
3. It is not inkeep­ing with the area
4. It will add to the over devel­op­ment of the area

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0019/DET

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0019/DET Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore High­land Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Stephanie Wade

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:To whom it may concern,

I’d like to object to 22/05913/FUL plans…

It leaves me won­der­ing why the Cairngorms Nation­al Parks Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 exists.

Block 4 flats: elev­a­tion is too high, and it will dwarf the exist­ing res­id­en­tial street.

Park­ing: Noise dis­turb­ance, fumes, headlights/​streetlights caus­ing pollution.

Flood­plain: Is it not immor­al to build on them, this is a ser­i­ous problem.

Orbit­al: I often go for lunch­time walks, I’d have to use my car to access any oth­er walks, this is a recent prob­lem due to over development.

I hope the people of Aviemore are recog­nised and heard. Kind regards,

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0019/DET

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0019/DET Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore High­land Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Stephanie Wade

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:Others have already covered my con­cerns but I make no apo­logy for reit­er­at­ing them. The actions and more so inac­tions of this com­pany mean that flood­ing poten­tial is a huge area of con­cern for the whole vil­lage not just the res­id­ents of Craig-na-Gower (ie if the Open­reach Exchange in Craig na Gower floods)! I believe this com­pany has already con­tra­vened the plan­ning restric­tions placed on them re the flood­plain of The Aviemore burn and totally ignored an order placed on them by The Cairngorm Nation­al Park to return the flood­plain to its ori­gin­al state and remove the levee they have built all along the burn, pre­vent­ing the flood­wa­ter access to it’s nat­ur­al tra­di­tion­al flood­plain. This com­pany has proven that it can­not be trus­ted to fol­low any restric­tions placed on them by a Plan­ning Author­ity and until they have FULLY com­plied with Orders already placed on them they should be refused any fur­ther per­mis­sions. The idea of build­ing a three storey eye­sore of hol­i­day flats on the highest point on this site is ridicu­lous and would be a car­buncle over­look­ing the vil­lage for time to come. Four sea­sons hotel any­one? The added drain­age prob­lems that the com­pany has exper­i­enced in the devel­op­ment of this site will be exacer­bated. (Nobody listens to loc­als). The enorm­ous stag­nant sud pond they have cre­ated and reg­u­lar pol­lu­tion of the (sup­posedly SEPA pro­tec­ted burn) lead­ing into the Spey stands testi­mony to this. The ori­gin­al con­di­tion was that no engin­eer­ing works of any type was to be allowed on the flood­plain, now there is no flood­plain left and they want to increase the homes!

Enough is enough. Those people in Craig na gower Aven­ue whose houses have actu­ally flooded in the past are hold­ing their breath. This is before we look at the oth­er issues of neigh­bours being over­looked, noise dis­turb­ance and night time light pol­lu­tion and over devel­op­ment. Part of the CNPA remit is to pro­tect our area/​the people who live here!

The Hic ePro­cess: 30 Janu­ary 2023 ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX Dear Plan­ners, Date Received: 07 FEB 2023 My objec­tions to the pro­posed plans for 22/05913/FUL are as fol­lows: Expand­ing the block of flats will be incon­sist­ent with the ori­gin­al plans and there­fore should not be con­sidered. The addi­tion­al storey will over­power the south end of the devel­op­ment, addi­tion­al park­ing spaces will be intrus­ive to neigh­bour­ing houses. The lay­out and dens­ity of this devel­op­ment is already crowded, flats should not be built in this area. It is very poor town plan­ning. Yours faithfully,

29 Janu­ary 2023 ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Invemess IV3 5NX To whom it may con­cern, I would like to object to 22/05913/FUL. eProc. Date Rece 07 FEB 2023

There is no need to add an addi­tion­al storey to the flats, they will be an eye­sore, and ruin a once sought-after area of Aviemore. Care­ful thought should be giv­en when devel­op­ments are at the plan­ning stage to avoid these blunders.

Thought must be giv­en to res­id­ents of neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ties, and the nuis­ance a devel­op­ment of such a scale will bring to us.

This devel­op­ment has been noth­ing but prob­lems, from the devel­op­ment of the SUDS pond, the levee that was con­struc­ted 1 year ago, and now the mon­stros­ity of high-rise flats.

As you are fully aware, this flood­plain should nev­er have been developed, the site is crowded, and a stop should be put to any fur­ther devel­op­ment before it is too late.

I do won­der who will be held respons­ible when my prop­erty is unne­ces­sar­ily flooded. Kind regards,

ePro­ces th Date Recer­νού. 07 FEB 2003 E‑Mail: ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX Dear Sir or Madam. We would like to object to the fol­low­ing plan­ning applic­a­tion: 22/05913/FUL – Horse/​Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, The Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore. The devel­op­ment of this entire site is one we felt strongly against in the first instance as it was one of the last remain­ing green areas avail­able to loc­als in the vil­lage to walk their dogs and for chil­dren to enjoy. From its concept the developers appear to have taken more and more of our space from us. This latest applic­a­tion to increase the height of the block of flats from 2 Story to 3 is totally unac­cept­able. This will dom­in­ate the land­scape and will be an eye sore to the vil­lage. Fur­ther these devel­op­ments do not appear in any way to bene­fit loc­al res­id­ents who can not afford the ask­ing prices but would appear to be invest­ments for those out­with the area who have dis­pos­able income to buy Hol­i­day homes. On a final note the re-rout­ing on the Aviemore Orbit­al Path is one that gives great cause for con­cern as it brings ped­es­tri­ans and dog walk­ers into closer con­flict with the A9 and with the pro­posed route of the dual­ing this is even more worrying.

ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX Dear Sir or Madam, The ePro­ces Date Received: 31 JAN 25/1/23 22/05913/FUL Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) | Horse Field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, The Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore.

I am writ­ing to object to the above plan­ning applic­a­tion for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. Increas­ing the height of the flats will ruin the pri­vacy, and char­ac­ter of exist­ing properties.
2. The increase in traffic will be nuis­ance for nearby res­id­ents, cre­at­ing head­light pol­lu­tion and noise pollution.
3. The site is crowded, no fur­ther devel­op­ment is acceptable.
4. The suds pond is an eye­sore, dan­ger­ous, and does not work as it should, fur­ther devel­op­ment will put more pres­sure on this engin­eer­ing failure.
5. The flood­plain needs to be returned to its ori­gin­al state and level, we were told that no works would be car­ried out in this area, we are now look­ing at a deep pond in an area full of springs, roads, park­ing, and a block of flats. None of this should have been approved and the ori­gin­al prom­ises kept.

ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX Dear Sirs, Date Received: 30/1/23 07 FEB 2023

22/05913/FUL Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) | Horse Field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, The Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore.

I wish to object to the above devel­op­ment for the fol­low­ing reasons:

Block 4: An addi­tion­al storey will be com­pletely out of place from its sur­round­ings and the cur­rent nearby prop­er­ties. The height of this build­ing would ruin the pri­vacy of neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ties by over­look­ing them. This quiet area will be con­stantly dis­turbed by traffic noise and light pollution.

This is a clas­sic example of over­de­vel­op­ment; 3 storey flats should not be built next to bungalows.

Yours faith­fully, 2

ePlan­ning, ePro­cessing Centre The High­land Coun­cil, Headquar­ters Glen­ur­quhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX ide Date Received: 31 JAN 2003 27 Janu­ary 2023 To whom it may concern,

22/05913/FUL Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) | Horse Field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, The Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore. We wish to object to the plan­ning applic­a­tion above for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. Block 4 flats should not be expan­ded from 6 to 9 flats, this would over­de­vel­op the area and be com­pletely out of char­ac­ter with neigh­bour­ing properties.
2. The flats will cre­ate dis­turb­ances to exist­ing prop­er­ties, from traffic noise to light pollution.
3. Neigh­bour­ing houses will lose all pri­vacy with the flats over­look­ing their houses and gardens.
4. Addi­tion­al 5 park­ing spaces will cre­ate more dis­turb­ances to exist­ing properties.
5. We are at ser­i­ous risk of flood­ing due to this devel­op­ment, no flats should be built on the flood­plain, this devel­op­ment needs to be cor­rec­ted and scaled back while there is still time.
6. Flats will ruin the pleas­ure of walk­ing in the woods.
7. The orbit­al path needs to be access­ible for every­body. I hope our objec­tions are considered.

From: To: ePlan­ning Sub­ject: 22/05913/FUL Date: 31 Janu­ary 2023 18:59:52

CAU­TION: This email was sent from out­side of the organ­isa­tion. Do not click links or open attach­ments unless you recog­nise the sender and know the con­tent is safe. To whom it may con­cern, 22/05913/FUL Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) | Horse Field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, The Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore. My objec­tions to the amended plan are as fol­lows: Block 4 flats: Adding an addi­tion­al floor to the flats will be out of char­ac­ter with the exist­ing houses, it will over­shad­ow them, and be out of place amongst 1 and 1.5 storey build­ings. It is not appro­pri­ate to ruin one street in the pro­cess of over­de­vel­op­ing anoth­er. This area of the devel­op­ment should not sup­port any flats. The increase in park­ing will cre­ate noise, light, and air pol­lu­tion to a once tran­quil area that was used for recre­ation. This will not only affect neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ties but the enjoy­ment of walk­ing in Milton Woods and along the Butcher’s Burn. Orbit­al Path: The devel­op­ment has already taken the enjoy­ment away from using the Orbit­al, now between a hous­ing scheme and the busy A9, the path must remain usable for all. Flood­ing: It is extremely wor­ry­ing to see such a devel­op­ment in a field prone to flood­ing, espe­cially the devel­op­ment of block 4 flats, the raised suds pond, and the levee. Kind regards,

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I am object­ing to the changes of 22/05913/FUL plans for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. Block 4 flats The devel­op­ment is con­trary to SEPA’s flood risk man­age­ment policy and the Cairngorms Nation­al Parks Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan.

The flats and park­ing area are being built on top of a spring and in a flood­plain, no devel­op­ment should be per­mit­ted in this area. The spring has been filled in with rubble and soil, this is not a long-term fix, the water will even­tu­ally rise to the sur­face and fol­low its nat­ur­al track to the burn, caus­ing sig­ni­fic­ant issues for build­ings, park­ing, and roads.

The flats are adja­cent to Craig Na Gower Aven­ue, a street with mainly bun­ga­lows or one and a half storey houses, rais­ing the flats to three storeys is not in keep­ing with the area. The pitch of the roof is high, this will essen­tially be equi­val­ent to a four storey build­ing which will be out of place.

The height of the flats will over­shad­ow and block light from neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ties on Craig Na Gower Avenue.

Chan­ging the num­ber of flats from 6 to 9 is over­crowding and over­de­vel­op­ing the area.

The flats will be over­look­ing exist­ing prop­er­ties, they will lose what little pri­vacy they now have.

Under no cir­cum­stances should the ground level be raised while build­ing the flats.

Two storey flats are too high for this area, three storeys will be dev­ast­at­ing, per­mis­sion should be revoked, and the ground allowed to hold water.

1. Park­ing

There is not enough park­ing at each prop­erty and the addi­tion­al 5 park­ing spaces will be in a floodplain.

Addi­tion­al park­ing will cause air, noise, and light pol­lu­tion to prop­er­ties on Craig Na Gower.

The park­ing and road to block 4 will flood and water will rise from the spring.

1. Envir­on­ment­al

The suds pond is stag­nant, it is pol­lut­ing Milton Burn and the River Spey.

The suds pond will cause an unpleas­ant smell dur­ing the sum­mer months and cre­ate a haven for midges.

There has been no con­sid­er­a­tion to cli­mate change and the increased like­li­hood of flooding.

1. Orbit­al path

Mov­ing the orbit­al path closer to the A9 will put chil­dren and dogs in danger.

When the A9 is dualled the Orbit­al path will be right next to it which is highly inappropriate.

The Orbit­al path must be access­ible to people of all abilities.

1. Breach of con­di­tion notice

This was served to Tul­lochs on the 22^nd of June 2022, it required Tul­lochs to com­ply with the rel­ev­ant con­di­tions of plan­ning con­sent that pre­ven­ted engin­eer­ing works in the flood­plain and the remov­al of the levee along the burn. Tul­lochs chose to ignore this with no regard what­so­ever for

the flood risk they have put the exist­ing prop­er­ties of Craig Na Gower and Milton Park under. They even ticked the boxes on this applic­a­tion form that there was no flood risk!

1. Suds Pond and Levee

The suds pond must be returned to the ori­gin­al ground level, it has been raised to pre­vent it from flood­ing, caus­ing a man­made dan­ger­ous flood risk to Craig Na Gower. The suds pond in its cur­rent glory is a danger to pets, chil­dren, and any­body in the area, the sides are steep and any­body that falls in will not get back out. The ​“danger deep water” signs around the suds ponds are not a solu­tion for the immense prob­lem that has been created.

The high levee along the burn to pre­vent the burn from flood­ing onto the nat­ur­al flood­plain must be removed. When this is removed the flats and park­ing will flood nat­ur­ally, the situ­ation we are in now is that the water will be forced towards exist­ing prop­er­ties on Craig Na Gower.

The huge mound of soil where the flats are pro­posed must be removed, it is high­er than the houses of Craig Na Gower, caus­ing a flood risk.

Kick around area situ­ated next to the Suds Pond is extremely dangerous.

The suds pond has already gathered lit­ter, who is respons­ible for man­aging this?

The BT exchange is on Craig Na Gower, Aviemore and its sur­round­ing area will have no inter­net or phone con­nec­tions if the street floods.

1. Pre­vi­ous prob­lems in this area

Les­sons should have been learned when Aviemore Primary School was sink­ing into the bog and had to be re-built in an area that does not flood, the loc­als warned plan­ners but were ignored. An expens­ive mis­take but here we are again.

I sin­cerely hope that this site and all the prob­lems it has cre­ated for exist­ing houses will be care­fully con­sidered and the cor­rect decisions made about build­ing on flood­plains. Kind regards

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I object to the plan­ning applic­a­tion above for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. The lay­out and dens­ity of Block 4 flats are com­pletely out of char­ac­ter with the sur­round­ing houses, it will have an extremely neg­at­ive impact on the area.
2. Under no cir­cum­stances should the block be enlarged in any way, it will over­power all the neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ties, includ­ing new builds on Byn­ack More.
3. Two or three storey blocks of flats at the south end of the devel­op­ment are not accept­able, I reg­u­larly use this area for train­ing dogs and with large blocks of flats such as planned, will not be a pleas­ant walking/​training area anymore
4. These flats will bring noise, air, and light pol­lu­tion to houses and the woods.
5. This site is com­pletely over­de­veloped, houses are crammed togeth­er look­ing into each oth­er, tiny gar­dens, and there is not enough park­ing at each prop­erty — proven dur­ing the Christ­mas hol­i­days when cars were parked all along the road.
6. After a short peri­od of own­er­ship, own­ers of the new Byn­ack More houses are already apply­ing for short term let licenses, so bought for invest­ment and put straight on the rent­al mar­ket. This is not in keep­ing with the pur­pose of the short term let con­trol zone, new build houses should not be hol­i­day lets, rather be homes for loc­al res­id­ents or work­ers in the area.
7. The top half of the field was once used for dog walk­ers, now they want to des­troy the last bit of path and move it closer to the A9, this does not bene­fit the com­munity. The lower half of the field was a bog and at times totally flooded, not suit­able for walk­ing but it sup­por­ted lots of wild­life, which has been destroyed.
8. The cre­ation of a lake with danger signs is unbe­liev­able, did nobody think to stop and make

sure the plans were fit for purpose.

1. This site is caus­ing sig­ni­fic­ant dam­age to the envir­on­ment, the burn that my dogs would use to drink water and play in on a hot day is now often dis­col­oured, bits of plastic, debris from the site float­ing around the water and the woods. This will be unus­able by dog walk­ers and by chil­dren wish­ing to play in the burn.
2. This area (pony field) was used by Aviemore Primary as an out­door learn­ing area as it is close to the school, if this plan­ning goes ahead, there will be no area on this site for school pupils to use for edu­ca­tion and out­door learning.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I strongly object to this applic­a­tion. Chan­ging these plans from 2 storey to 3 storey is unac­cept­able along with the roof pitch makes it more like a 4 storey build­ing. The revised height is far too high for this area which is on a flood­plain and will poten­tially cause flood­ing to Craig na Gower Aven­ue and put­ting nearby res­id­en­tial prop­er­ties at risk. There will also be a loss of light, noise polu­tion and pric­acy for these prop­er­ties in Craig na Gowrr Aven­ue. I object to this.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I would like to object to the recent amend­ment made to plan­ning in the horse field, spe­cific­ally the change in size and height of block 4. The prop­erty I live in looks dir­ectly onto the loc­a­tion of block 4, cur­rently there is an enorm­ous mound of earth which abso­lutely dwarfs our garden and view, I assume this will be lev­elled before the block is con­struc­ted, though at this point noth­ing sur­prises me with this build. Even if the mound is lev­elled pri­or to build­ing this will provide little res­pite from the feel­ing of being abso­lutely fenced in as a three story block of flats will also com­pletely dawrf our garden and obstruct our view, not to men­tion strip­ping us of any pri­vacy. As though this wasn’t bad enough, the clearly insuf­fi­cient drain­age for a build this size will also severely impact our home, as I’m sure you are aware the field and sur­round­ing prop­er­ties are a know flood risk, our house has flooded so badly in the past we have had to move out to repair the dam­age and as a res­ult have had to shell out for premi­um insur­ance. If this build goes ahead not only will we lose our pri­vacy, any semb­lance of a view and the peace and quiet we are used to, we will also look for­ward to more fre­quent flood­ing and the prob­ab­il­ity that we will no longer meet insur­ance require­ments to pro­tect our home in the future, which I assume we will be com­pensated for as you must have know­ledge of the water levels in the area you are build­ing? If block 4 does go ahead as planned I’m sure all the res­id­ents of Craig na Gower, and Aviemore, would love to know why the rules and reg­u­la­tions they have fol­lowed on their own homes do not apply to big­ger builds. It really would be heart break­ing to real­ise that all it takes to flaunt the rules in the nation­al park is a big enough budget and sway over the right people, this isn’t the way Aviemore used to be.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I am writ­ing to object to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL — Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses and relo­ca­tion of foot­path (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) — Horse field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore.

1. I’m a res­id­ent at Byn­ack More for the last 10 years and we lost a lot already. Beau­ti­ful views, sun accesses to our flats, pri­vacy, water pres­sure. My flat is more dark­er then it was before. My cur­tains has to be closed all the time to have some pri­vacy cause it’s over­look­ing new flats and they can see everything. Cause of that I’m strug­gling with mould.
2. Build­ing 4 storey flats instead of 3 will take all the pri­vacy from oth­er res­id­ents. The area is already over­crowded. Not enough park­ing spaces require people to park on pave­ments. Not men­tion­ing pol­lu­tion is rising, noise is get­ting worst. The place is so longer child friendly.
3. Orbit­al path should not get moved under no con­di­tion. With a9 dualling we will loose anoth­er part of woods and the path will be closer to the road then is now. Mov­ing orbit­al path even closer will be dan­ger­ous for kids that using that area as well as for dog walk­ers. This path is very pop­u­lar not only for res­id­ents and is very busy all the time
4. 4 storey flats just don’t fit the area. All flats are only 2 storeys. They will be too high and it will just not fit in Aviemore. Not men­tion­ing that they will over­look Craig Na Gower res­id­ents and they will lost all they privacy
5. The new pond is an eye sore and is per­fect place for midges and mos­qui­tos and not solu­tion to the flood­ing problem
6. Cut­ting trees around the pond was very dan­ger­ous move. The stream can get very high as it’s col­lect­ing all the spring water and rais­ing of the stream can cause flood to the near houses at

Craig na Gower

1. The land that the houses get­ting build was always flooded. Build­ing the hor­rible pond is not a solu­tion and I can ima­gine some of the houses will be flooded over the time. Or start collapsing
2. The devel­op­ment is not in line with SEPA’s flood risk policy or the Cairngorms Nation­al Parks Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:Dear Sir or Madam, As a loc­al res­id­ent of Aviemore I am object­ing to the changes of 22/05913/FUL plans:

1. The devel­op­ment is not in line with SEPA’s flood risk policy or the Cairngorms Nation­al Parks Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan.
2. Block 4 flats is over­de­vel­op­ing the area and will change the char­ac­ter of Craig Na Gower.
3. The elev­a­tion of block 4 flats is too high, no flats should be allowed in this area as it’s in a flood­plain and on a spring.
4. The flats will block light from prop­er­ties in Craig na Gower and give no privacy.
5. The park­ing will cause a noise disturbance.
6. Fumes will pol­lute the air.
7. The park­ing is on a flood­plain and not enough.
8. The suds pond is a danger, eye­sore, and on a flood­plain. The cre­ation of this loch has removed most of the flood­plain and enhanced the flood risk for my property.
9. The rais­ing of the burns bank one year ago has caused me sig­ni­fic­ant worry and stress to res­id­ents on craig na gower.
10. Nobody wants to walk next to the A9, the path has already been dam­aged with the devel­op­ment of so many houses.
11. Tul­lochs are in breach of plan­ning con­sent; this must be addressed immediately.
12. In the plan­ning they say this is not an area of flood­ing which is a bare face lie
13. This will not be afford­able hous­ing for any loc­al as a one bed­room flat cost £180,000. I do hope that my objec­tions are under­stood, and that the plan­ning depart­ment will take stock and

pre­vent fur­ther over­de­vel­op­ment. I think it’s a great shame this was even allowed. Yours sincerely,

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I object spe­cific­ally to the changed height and over­all size of Block 4. I am con­cerned that the pro­posed extra height of the block of flats will mean that it dom­in­ates the view for many nearby prop­er­ties and the inspir­ing view to the woods and hills to the west of the vil­lage will be lost to many exist­ing homes. A key char­ac­ter­ist­ic of Aviemore, set amongst fant­ast­ic hills and des­ig­nated and pro­tec­ted woods, is that you are nev­er far from a superb, nat­ur­al envir­on­ment. The size of the pro­posed Block 4 is sig­ni­fic­antly great­er than the approved size and will mean the area becomes so much more urb­an than it needs to be. I urge the plan­ning author­it­ies — High­land Coun­cil and Nation­al Park — to reject the applic­a­tion. How many people regret the height of the 4 Sea­sons /​Strathspey Hotel? I like to think it would not get plan­ning per­mis­sion now, but nor should a three-storey block of flats in this loc­a­tion. Thanks to Aviemore and Vicin­ity Com­munity Coun­cil for bring­ing this to my attention.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) Case Officer: Roddy Dowell

Cus­tom­er Details

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Neigh­bour Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I wish to strongly object to the plan­ning applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL: Erec­tion of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses and relo­ca­tion of foot­path (amend­ment to 05/00209/REMBS) — Horse­field to North of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage, Aviemore Centre, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore. In addi­tion to my pre­vi­ously undoc­u­mented con­cerns over the ori­gin­al planned devel­op­ment, I am par­tic­u­larly con­cerned over the sig­ni­fic­ant change that is pro­posed by this amend­ment. The pro­posed increase in height of the Block 4 flats is both unsightly and inap­pro­pri­ate for the sur­round­ings, and will also adversely impact both myself and oth­er res­id­ents in Craig-Na-Gower Aven­ue from loss of light, increase in noise pol­lu­tion and ulti­mately the sanc­tity of our pri­vacy. The devel­op­ment to date has already adversely affected the flood resi­li­ence in the area, and from my under­stand­ing are not in line with SEPA’s flood risk policy or the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment plan. This pro­posed change is likely to exacer­bate the flood­ing issues already being exper­i­enced in my home. I trust that my con­cerns will be appro­pri­ately con­sidered, and the pro­posed amend­ments rejec­ted. Regards

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 22/05913/FUL

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 22/05913/FUL Address: Horse Field To North Of Scand­inavi­an Vil­lage The Aviemore Centre Grampi­an Road Aviemore Pro­pos­al: Please vis­it, https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/#searchApplications|cr|Erection of 3 flats, omis­sion of 3 houses, relo­ca­tion of foot­path and asso­ci­ated works (amend­ment to ⁰⁵⁄₀₀₂₀