Item5Appendix3cGeneralComments20190247DET

This document contains a letter from Mountaineering Scotland to the Cairngorms National Park Authority, dated 16 August 2019, regarding concerns about a planning proposal (reference number 2019/0247/DET) for engineering works to smooth and re-grade land on Cairngorm Mountain. Mountaineering Scotland believes the proposal lacks sufficient detail for proper scrutiny of potential visual and environmental impacts. They urge the Park Authority to postpone assessment until a development masterplan is in place. They also state that the proposal documents do not provide the special principles and practices needed to mitigate damage during construction and management operations and that careful consideration should be taken with the timing of the proposed management works. They would welcome and support a refusal of this proposal if there are any doubts about an appropriate outcome being achieved in the landscape.