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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 6 Appendix 2 26/06/2020

AGENDA ITEM 6

APPENDIX 2

2020/0081/DET

SUP­PORT­ING STATEMENT

Bracewell Stirl­ing CONSULTING

SUP­PORT­ING STATEMENT

PRO­POS­AL This pro­pos­al seeks a 3 year exten­sion of tem­por­ary plan­ning per­mis­sion for 10 wigwams.

BACK­GROUND This need for this exten­sion has aris­en as a res­ult of com­plex plan­ning and con­ser­va­tion des­ig­na­tions at Bad­aguish. These unfore­seen delays have required an exten­ded times­cale to com­plete the final phase of this 3 phase devel­op­ment plan.

The cur­rent 10 wig­wams were loc­ated as a pilot scheme adja­cent to the main centre facil­it­ies on a mature land­scaped camp­site. They offer vis­it­ors an attract­ive high qual­ity amen­ity with flex­ible options of adja­cent camp­ing and lodge accommodation.

JUS­TI­FIC­A­TION Tree­plant­ing and land­scap­ing of the new camp­site is largely com­plete. It requires time to estab­lish pri­or to re-loc­a­tion of these wig­wams to the new campsite.

Dur­ing this peri­od it will be essen­tial for the Trust to main­tain qual­ity of vis­it­or exper­i­ence at Bad­aguish and to meet cur­rent vis­it­or expectations.

This pro­pos­al for an exten­sion will enable a smooth trans­ition to com­plete the final phase by ensur­ing there is no det­ri­ment­al impact for vis­it­ors. It will enable final com­ple­tion of the pro­ject to a high­er stand­ard and qual­ity by min­im­ising any poten­tial neg­at­ive impact on the Trust’s funding.

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