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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Items 6 & 7 12/11/2021

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

DEVEL­OP­MENT PROPOSED:

Sec­tion 42 applic­a­tion to vary Con­di­tion I (19/03944/S42), with a ces­sa­tion date of 01.11.2026 Coire Cas Car Park, Cairngorm Moun­tain, Glen­more Aviemore, Highland

REF­ER­ENCE: 2021/0259/DET

APPLIC­ANT: Cairngorm Moun­tain (Scot­land) Limited

DATE CALLED-IN: 16 August 2021

RECOM­MEND­A­TION: Approve Sub­ject to Conditions

CASE OFFICER: Emma Bryce, Plan­ning Manager

AND

Sec­tion 42 applic­a­tion for vari­ation of Con­di­tion I (20/01058/FUL) ces­sa­tion date of 01.11.2026 Coire Cas Car Park Cairngorm Moun­tain Glen­more Aviemore Highland

REF­ER­ENCE: 2021/0281/DET

APPLIC­ANT: Cairngorm Moun­tain (Scot­land) Limited

DATE CALLED-IN: 31 August 2021

RECOM­MEND­A­TION: Approve Sub­ject to Conditions

CASE OFFICER: Emma Bryce, Plan­ning Manager

CNPA Plan­ning Committee

Applic­a­tion Site

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SITE DESCRIP­TION, PRO­POS­AL AND HISTORY

Site Descrip­tion

1. The applic­a­tion sites are with­in and between the south­ern ends of the Cairngorm Moun­tain Ski Centre car parks below the Day Lodge and Funicu­lar Rail­way Base Sta­tion. The car parks are accessed by the exist­ing B970 road from Glenmore.

2. The applic­a­tion site lies with­in the Cairngorms Nation­al Scen­ic Areas, but is not covered by any oth­er spe­cif­ic envir­on­ment­al des­ig­na­tions. The Glen­more Nation­al Nature Reserve lies approx­im­ately 25 metres west of the applic­a­tion site. The Cairngorms Wild Land Area No.15 as iden­ti­fied in Scot­tish Nat­ur­al Heritage’s wild land area map lies around 690 metres west of the site at its closest, circ­ling the entire ski area.

3. An ori­gin­al con­sent from High­land Coun­cil (19/01765/FUL) gran­ted tem­por­ary plan­ning per­mis­sion for a tubing slide from the upper car park to the lower car park as well as a short zip wire at the south­ern end of the lower car park. The CNPA con­sent 2020/0105/DET gran­ted per­mis­sion for a one year peri­od for exten­sion and realign­ment of the ori­gin­al slide, a second slide run­ning to the lower car park and a third short slide cap­able of being moved to dif­fer­ent locations.

Pro­pos­al

1. The draw­ings and doc­u­ments asso­ci­ated with this applic­a­tion are lis­ted below and are avail­able on the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity web­site unless noted otherwise

https://​www​.eplan​ningcnpa​.co​.uk/​o​n​line- applications/caseDetails.do?caseType=Application&keyVal=QXPXTQSI0CH00

Title Draw­ing Date on Date Num­ber Plan Received Loc­a­tion Plan — - 16/08/2021 Where no spe­cif­ic day of month has been provided on the plan, the sys­tem defaults to the 1^st of the month.

1. The tube slides and zip wire pre­vi­ously gran­ted con­sent by High­land Coun­cil (ref­er­ences 19/01765/FUL and 19/03944/S42) and the CNPA (ref­er­ence 2020/0105/DET) have been oper­at­ing on the site dur­ing the sum­mer of 2021. There are images and descrip­tions of the facil­it­ies on the Cairngorm Moun­tain web­site at www​.cairngorm​moun​tain​.co​.uk/​m​o​u​n​t​a​i​n​-​a​c​t​i​v​i​t​i​e​s​/​a​d​v​e​n​t​u​r​e​-​play- tubing-park/. Lay­out plans for the ori­gin­ally con­sen­ted devel­op­ment is included in Appendix I. The loc­a­tion of the addi­tion­al short slide was moved through agree­ment to occupy slop­ing ground in the lower car park along the line of the ori­gin­al slide exit. This reduced the foot­print of the devel­op­ment and means the

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third slide is hid­den from view from most areas of both car parks as well as from longer views to them.

1. The two applic­a­tions made under S42 each seek a new per­mis­sion to change the con­di­tion that required the oper­a­tion of the slides to cease and the struc­tures to be removed by Ist Novem­ber 2021. Con­sent is now sought to extend the date for a fur­ther five-year peri­od until 1^st Novem­ber 2026. Oth­er­wise, the devel­op­ments are identic­al to those pre­vi­ously con­sen­ted and built. Although it is appro­pri­ate that they are made as two applic­a­tions, they each relate to what is now func­tion­ally one devel­op­ment so are con­sidered togeth­er with­in this report.

His­tory

1. In June 2019, plan­ning per­mis­sion was gran­ted by High­land Coun­cil for the install­a­tion of tube slide, zip line and play area for a tem­por­ary peri­od with a ces­sa­tion date of I Novem­ber 2021 (ref­er­ence 19/01765/FUL). In Novem­ber 2019 an asso­ci­ated applic­a­tion (ref­er­ence 19/03944/S42) was made under Sec­tion 42 of the Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Scot­land) Act 1997, was approved by High­land Coun­cil to amend Con­di­tion I of 19/01765/FUL requir­ing the remov­al of equip­ment by I Novem­ber 2021.

2. In June 2020, the CNPA gran­ted plan­ning per­mis­sion for two fur­ther tube slides (2020/0259/DET) with­in the same area, again as a tem­por­ary con­sent with remov­al of equip­ment by I Novem­ber 2021.

3. There have been numer­ous plan­ning applic­a­tions with­in the wider Cairngorm Moun­tain area. On 14 Octo­ber 2021, High­land Coun­cil gran­ted con­sent (21/03808/S42) for the con­tin­ued tem­por­ary sit­ing of a double snow fact­ory unit on ground between the tube slides and the Day Lodge and Funicu­lar Base Sta­tion, repeat­ing con­sents gran­ted by both High­land Coun­cil and the CNPA in pre­vi­ous years. An applic­a­tion for install­a­tion of car park bar­ri­ers (2020/0097/DET) at the entrance to the upper Coire Cas car park was gran­ted con­sent by the CNPA on 16 June 2020. In May 2020, plan­ning per­mis­sion was gran­ted by the CNPA for engin­eer­ing works related to strength­en­ing the funicu­lar via­duct (ref­er­ence 2020/0076/DET). In 2019, plan­ning per­mis­sion was gran­ted by the CNPA for engin­eer­ing works to smooth and re-grade land (ref­er­ence 2019/0247/DET) and for the renov­a­tion and erec­tion of exten­sion to the Ptar­mig­an Res­taur­ant build­ing (ref­er­ence 2018/0177/DET).

DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN CONTEXT

Policies

Nation­al Policy Scot­tish Plan­ning Policy 2014 Stra­tegic Policy Cairngorms Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan 2017 — 2022 Loc­al Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan (2021) Devel­op­ment Those policies rel­ev­ant to the assess­ment of this applic­a­tion are Plan Policy marked with a cross

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POLICY I NEW HOUS­ING DEVEL­OP­MENT POLICY 2 SUP­PORT­ING ECO­NOM­IC GROWTH X POLICY 3 DESIGN AND PLACE­MAK­ING X POLICY 4 NAT­UR­AL HER­IT­AGE X POLICY 5 LAND­SCAPE X POLICY 6 THE SIT­ING AND DESIGN OF DIGIT­AL COM­MU­NIC­A­TIONS EQUIP­MENT POLICY 7 RENEW­ABLE ENERGY POLICY 8 OPEN SPACE, SPORT AND RECRE­ATION X POLICY 9 CUL­TUR­AL HER­IT­AGE POLICY 10 RESOURCES POLICY 11 DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS

1. All new devel­op­ment pro­pos­als require to be assessed in rela­tion to policies con­tained in the adop­ted Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan (LDP). The full word­ing of policies can be found at:

https://​cairngorms​.co​.uk/​w​p​-​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​/​u​p​l​o​a​d​s​/​2​0​2​0​/​1​1​/​C​N​P​A​-​L​D​P​-​2​0​2​0-as- Modified-for-web.pdf

Plan­ning Guidance

1. Sup­ple­ment­ary guid­ance also forms part of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and provides more details about how to com­ply with the policies. Guid­ance that is rel­ev­ant to this applic­a­tion is marked with a cross.

Policy I New Hous­ing Devel­op­ment Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance (2015) Policy 2 Sup­port­ing Eco­nom­ic Growth Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance X Policy 3 Sus­tain­able Design Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance (2015) X Policy 4 Nat­ur­al Her­it­age Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance X Policy 5 Land­scape Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance X Policy 7 Renew­able Energy Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance Policy 8 Open Space, Sport and Recre­ation Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance X Policy 9 Cul­tur­al Her­it­age Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance Policy 10 Resources Non-Stat­utory Guid­ance Policy 11 Developer Con­tri­bu­tions Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance (2015)

CON­SULTA­TIONS

1. A sum­mary of the main issues raised by con­sul­tees now follows:

2. CNPA Con­ser­va­tion Man­ager has noted that there are no addi­tion­al land­scape or eco­lo­gic­al effects from the tem­por­ary devel­op­ment in that loc­a­tion where there are com­plex visu­al effects from a num­ber of per­man­ent and tem­por­ary struc­tures. The man­ager notes that if the applic­a­tion were for a

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per­man­ent devel­op­ment then addi­tion­al tree plant­ing would mit­ig­ate the visu­al effects in the long term.

1. Aviemore and Vicin­ity Com­munity Coun­cil were con­sul­ted but have not respon­ded at the time of writ­ing this report.

REP­RES­ENT­A­TIONS

1. No rep­res­ent­a­tions on either plan­ning applic­a­tion have been received.

APPRAIS­AL

1. The main plan­ning con­sid­er­a­tions are con­sidered to be the prin­ciple of devel­op­ment and land­scape impact, design and scale of the development.

Prin­ciple of Development

1. Policy 2: Sup­port­ing Eco­nom­ic Growth of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021, seeks to sup­port devel­op­ment which enhances form­al and inform­al recre­ation and leis­ure facil­it­ies provid­ing; there are no adverse envir­on­ment­al impacts, it makes a pos­it­ive con­tri­bu­tion to the exper­i­ence of vis­it­ors, and it adds to or extends the core tour­ist sea­son. Policy 8: Open Space, Sport and Recre­ation also seeks to sup­port diver­si­fic­a­tion or exten­sion to exist­ing sport and recre­ation related busi­ness activities.

2. The prin­ciple of the slides as tem­por­ary devel­op­ments has been pre­vi­ously been con­sidered by both High­land Coun­cil and the CNPA. The con­tin­ued oper­a­tion of the slides and zip wire will allow Cairngorm Moun­tain to provide a sum­mer activ­ity and source of income over a peri­od of time where the Funicu­lar Rail­way con­tin­ues to be repaired and dur­ing a peri­od where the activ­it­ies can be com­ple­ment­ary. The pro­pos­al fits into the con­text provided by High­land and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) recently pub­lished Cairngorm Mas­ter­plan, by provid­ing an income from a diver­si­fied sum­mer activ­ity in one of the least sens­it­ive loc­a­tions of the estate.

3. The pro­pos­als are con­sidered to com­ply with Policy 2: Sup­port­ing Eco­nom­ic Growth and Policy 8: Open Space, Sport and Recre­ation of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021.

Land­scape Impacts

1. Policy 5: Land­scape of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 seeks to ensure that all new devel­op­ment con­serves and enhances the land­scape char­ac­ter and spe­cial land­scape qual­it­ies of the Nation­al Park. Sim­il­arly, Policy 3: Design and Place­mak­ing seeks to ensure that devel­op­ment is suit­ably designed.

2. The con­tin­ued oper­a­tion of the exist­ing facil­it­ies for a fur­ther five-year peri­od, with­in the exist­ing car park areas, close to the main build­ings of Cairngorm

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Moun­tain, will have only minor adverse visu­al impacts. Although the site lies with­in the Cairngorm Moun­tains NSA, the minor addi­tion­al effects mean it is not con­sidered that the pro­pos­al will have any sig­ni­fic­ant impact on the spe­cial qual­it­ies of the Nation­al Scen­ic Area (NSA) or the spe­cial land­scape qual­it­ies of the Nation­al Park. The pro­pos­al is con­sidered to com­ply with Policy 3: Design and Place­mak­ing and Policy 5: Land­scape of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021.

Envir­on­ment­al Issues

1. Policy 4: Nat­ur­al Her­it­age of the Cairngorms Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 seeks to ensure that there are no adverse effects on nat­ur­al her­it­age interests, des­ig­nated sites or pro­tec­ted spe­cies and that any impacts upon biod­iversity are avoided, min­im­ised or compensated.

2. The pro­pos­al is with­in an area of ground that has been pre­vi­ously dis­turbed and of low eco­lo­gic­al value. Although the site is close to many des­ig­nated sites in nation­al and inter­na­tion­al import­ance, the devel­op­ment will not affect them dir­ectly or indir­ectly. The applic­a­tion is con­sidered to com­ply with Policy 4: Nat­ur­al Her­it­age of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021.

CON­CLU­SION

1. In these over­all cir­cum­stances, the devel­op­ment is con­sidered to com­ply with all rel­ev­ant policies of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021. There are no mater­i­al con­sid­er­a­tions which would war­rant the refus­al of plan­ning per­mis­sion. Approv­al is there­fore recom­men­ded sub­ject to appro­pri­ate plan­ning conditions.

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RECOM­MEND­A­TIONS

That Mem­bers of the Com­mit­tee sup­port a recom­mend­a­tion to APPROVE: A. Sec­tion 42 applic­a­tion to vary Con­di­tion I (19/03944/S42), with a ces­sa­tion date of 01.11.2026 Coire Cas Car Park, Cairngorm Moun­tain, Glen­more Aviemore, High­land. B. Sec­tion 42 applic­a­tion for vari­ation of Con­di­tion I (20/01058/FUL) ces­sa­tion date of 01.11.2026 Coire Cas Car Park Cairngorm Moun­tain Glen­more Aviemore Highland;

Each sub­ject to the fol­low­ing conditions:

Con­di­tions 1. Plan­ning per­mis­sion is hereby gran­ted for a tem­por­ary peri­od only and shall cease to have effect on 1^st Novem­ber 2026 (the ​‘ces­sa­tion date’). Pri­or to the ces­sa­tion date, the applic­a­tion site shall be cleared of all devel­op­ment approved under the terms of this per­mis­sion and any ground dis­turb­ance rein­stated to its con­di­tion pri­or to the grant­ing of the per­mis­sion 19/01765/FUL gran­ted by the High­land Coun­cil, all to the sat­is­fac­tion in writ­ing of the Cairngorm Nation­al Park Author­ity act­ing as Plan­ning Author­ity; Reas­on: In recog­ni­tion of the tem­por­ary nature of the pro­posed devel­op­ment, to enable the Cairngorm Nation­al Park Author­ity, act­ing as Plan­ning Author­ity to reas­sess the impact of the devel­op­ment after a giv­en peri­od of time and secure remov­al and restoration;

Inform­at­ives None

The map on the first page of this report has been pro­duced to aid in the stat­utory pro­cess of deal­ing with plan­ning applic­a­tions. The map is to help identi­fy the site and its sur­round­ings and to aid Plan­ning Officers, Com­mit­tee Mem­bers and the Pub­lic in the determ­in­a­tion of the pro­pos­al. Maps shown in the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Report can only be used for the pur­poses of the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee. Any oth­er use risks infringing Crown Copy­right and may lead to pro­sec­u­tion or civil pro­ceed­ings. Maps pro­duced with­in this Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Report can only be repro­duced with the express per­mis­sion of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity and oth­er Copy­right hold­ers. This per­mis­sion must be gran­ted in advance.