Item5Appendix3CommunityCouncilComments 25LodgesAHR20230004DET

Cairngorms Item 5 Appendix 3 26 Janu­ary 2024 Nation­al Park Author­ity Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 5

Appendix 3

2023/0004/DET

Com­munity coun­cil comments

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Emma Green­lees

From: CNPAplanning@​lochlomond-​trossachs.​org Sent: 13 Janu­ary 2023 14:02 To: Plan­ning Sub­ject: Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0004/DET

Cat­egor­ies: Con­sulta­tion Response

Com­ments summary

Dear Sir/​Madam,

Plan­ning Applic­a­tion com­ments have been made. A sum­mary of the com­ments is provided below.

Com­ments were sub­mit­ted at 13/01/2023 2:04 PM from Mr Peter Long.

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Address: Site Of Dry Ski Slope Grampi­an Road Aviemore High­land Pro­pos­al: Change of use of land for sit­ing of 27 lodges, access road, land­scap­ing Case Officer: Alan Atkins

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Cus­tom­er Details Name: Mr Peter Long Email: aviemoreccchair@​gmail.​com Address:

Com­ments Details Com­menter Com­munity Coun­cil Type: Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Application

Reas­ons for com­ment: Com­ments: Aviemore and Vicin­ity Com­munity Coun­cil objects to this application.

		Specifically our concerns are based on
		1.	Capacity and overprovision - We are concerned at the impact of another large scale visitor
		development. This proposal adds a further 162 bedspaces to Aviemore, at a time when the
		local infrastructure is already stretched beyond capacity. Additional vehicle traffic would add to
		an already highly congested town centre. Local restaurants and other services are already
		struggling to meet demand. We question the need for this further expansion in visitor
		accommodation.
		2.	Loss of green space and amenity. The proposed site is currently open green space, with
		some trees and two small ponds. This area is well used by both local people and visitors and is
		particularly popular with families with youngers children. The site includes a high quality and
		popular play area. In addition, as the area around the dry ski slope is used a base for a range
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		of leisure activities, aimed predominantly at younger families. All of this will be lost. Given that
		the proposed lodges provide family-sized accommodation, it seems particularly ironic, that this
		child-friendly space would be lost. Why attract more families, while simultaneously reducing
		facilities for children?
		3.	Impact on wildlife. As noted, the pond is used by ospreys and indeed a local business is
		based around photography of the ospreys which feed from one of the ponds in season. The
		proposal notes the likely presence of other protected species. The proposal effectively extends
		the settlement boundary, inevitably displacing wildlife.
		4.	Public access. As noted in the application, a core footbath passes through the site. This is
		well used and is one of the main approaches to the entrance the Craigellachie National Nature
		Reserve a few hundred metres away. Under the proposals, the path would be retained, but
		would pass very close to several of the lodges, raising the potential for conflict between path
		users and lodge occupants. The overall effect will be to reduce the amenity and quality of the
		experience for path users.
		5.	Environmental Impact. As the application notes, this is a partially wooded site covered by a
		tree protection order. The exact extent of any proposed felling is not made clear. However, we
		remain concerned at the potential impact on the woodland. The prosed access roads and
		paths introduce hard tarmac surfaces to what is currently grassy woodland.
		6.	Visual Impact. Although the lodges appear to be relatively sympathetically designed, they
		are two storeys high, plus the pitch of the roofs. The development would inevitably detract from
		the views to and from the Craigellachie NNR. This is conceded in the application. The cluster
		of lodges on the raised ground to the north of the site would be particularly intrusive.

The con­tent of this email and any attach­ments is con­fid­en­tial and is sub­ject to the terms of the Nation­al Park Authority’s email dis­claim­er at https://​www​.lochlomond​-trossachs​.org/​d​i​s​c​l​aimer and is inten­ded only for the use of the indi­vidu­al or entity to which it is addressed. 2

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Emma Green­lees

From: Alastair Dar­gie — AVCC aviemoreccchair@​gmail.​com Sent: 11 Janu­ary 2024 22:42 To: Deirdre Straw Cc: Plan­ning; Gav­in Miles; Emma Bryce; Emma Green­lees Sub­ject: Re: Amend­ment to Applic­a­tion Descrip­tion — 2023/0004/DET — Change of use of

		land for siting of 25 lodges, access road and landscaping at Site of Dry Ski Slope,
		Grampian Road, Aviemore, Highland

Cat­egor­ies: Con­sulta­tion Response

Hi all,

The site does not allow me to upload com­ments, how­ever fol­low­ing tonight’s meet­ing of AVCC we would like to add the fol­low­ing comment.

“Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Coun­cil have reviewed the revised plans sub­mit­ted redu­cing the num­ber of lodges from 27 to 25. Fol­low­ing this we main­tain our ori­gin­al objec­tion and feel that none of our points raised have been addressed by the minor amendments.”

Many thanks Alastair

Alastair Dar­gie Chair — Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Council

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 11:51, Deirdre Straw < DeirdreStraw@​cairngorms.​co.​uk> wrote:

Noti­fic­a­tion — Amend­ment to Applic­a­tion Description

2023/0004/DET – Change of use of land for sit­ing of 25 lodges, access road and land­scap­ing at Site of Dry Ski Slope, Grampi­an Road, Aviemore, Highland

Out of cour­tesy we are noti­fy­ing you we have now amended the applic­a­tion descrip­tion with regards to the above plan­ning applic­a­tion. The amend­ment being 25 lodges instead of the pre­vi­ous 27 lodges.

If you wish to make any addi­tion­al com­ments on this amend­ment and the applic­a­tion, we would be grate­ful to receive these by Thursday 11 Janu­ary 2024. It is pro­posed to take this applic­a­tion to our Plan­ning Com­mit­tee on 26 Janu­ary 2024 for determination.

The doc­u­ments sub­mit­ted for the above devel­op­ment are avail­able on the CNPA web­site: 1

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https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​l​i​n​e​-​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​t​ions/

Enter the ref­er­ence num­ber 2023/0004/DET and click on search.

If you wish to make a response by email, please use the email address planning@​cairngorms.​co.​uk

Please note that the inform­a­tion con­tained in any addi­tion­al con­tri­bu­tions will be pub­lished on the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority’s web­site. Should you require any fur­ther inform­a­tion please do not hes­it­ate to con­tact us using the below details and quot­ing the applic­a­tion ref­er­ence numbers.

Kind regards,

Dee.

Dee Straw (she/​her) why do I share my pronouns

Plan­ning Sys­tems Officer

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