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Cairngorms Item 6 Appendix 4b 26 Janu­ary 2024 Nation­al Park Author­ity Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 6

Appendix 4b

2023/0295/DET

Rep­res­ent­a­tions – support

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion APP/2023/1235 Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: APP/2023/1235 Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of Farmshop/​Café/​Staff Accom­mod­a­tion and Shed and Install­a­tion of Free Stand­ing Sol­ar Pan­els and Asso­ci­ated Works Case Officer: Ruth Cuthbert

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I sup­port this applic­a­tion for the fol­low­ing reas­ons: It will provide loc­al employe­ment. As pub­lic trans­port on Deeside is being run down loc­al vil­lages are becom­ing isol­ated and the loc­al com­munit­ies will stag­nate but with this type of develope­ment on their door­step it will encour­age young people to stay in the area. It will also provide an out­let for loc­al artis­an pro­du­cers which in turn will provide more loc­al employe­ment. It will provide loc­al pro­duced fresh fruit and veg which is sorely lack­ing on Deeside. It will provide a com­munity space /​café for loc­al and tour­ists to meet in an area slightly off the beaten track of the A93.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0295/DET Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0295/DET Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of farm shop / café / staff accom­mod­a­tion and shed and install­a­tion of free stand­ing sol­ar pan­els and asso­ci­ated works Case Officer: Emma Bryce

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Com­ment: This is def­in­itely the sort of place I would aim to vis­it, espe­cially with fam­ily, friends, and guests. It’s vital there are also dog wel­com­ing places like this, it makes such a dif­fer­ence while walk­ing in the area know­ing there’s a dog friendly wel­com­ing café nearby for cof­fee and cakes or a nutri­tious lunch. I hope the Cairngorms Nation­al Park see how this facil­ity will add to the area and bene­fit many.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0295/DET Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0295/DET Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of farm shop / café / staff accom­mod­a­tion and shed and install­a­tion of free stand­ing sol­ar pan­els and asso­ci­ated works Case Officer: Emma Bryce

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:Balbregon Farm will be a great addi­tion to Aber­deen­shire. To have an organ­ic farm that grows fruit and veget­ables and a farm shop provid­ing loc­ally sourced pro­duce is great for the envir­on­ment and loc­al eco­nomy. The farm shop will provide addi­tion­al jobs in the loc­al area. The design of the build­ing is in keep­ing with the envir­on­ment and eth­os of the busi­ness. With noth­ing like this with­in the area, I’m sure this busi­ness will attract tour­ists and locals.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0295/DET Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0295/DET Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of farm shop / café / staff accom­mod­a­tion and shed and install­a­tion of free stand­ing sol­ar pan­els and asso­ci­ated works Case Officer: Emma Bryce

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:As a reg­u­lar trav­el­ler around the North-East with fam­ily, I very much sup­port this applic­a­tion on the basis that there is a need for qual­ity café’s, farm shops, and attrac­tions that will cre­ate employ­ment and eco­nom­ic bene­fits to the wider com­munity. Indeed, I sup­port ven­tures that are invit­ing to the fam­ily where we can take our dog to enjoy hos­pit­al­ity in a relaxed and wel­com­ing set­ting. Giv­en the suc­cess of sim­il­ar busi­nesses in oth­er parts of the coun­try, there is a clear bene­fit to the wider area and com­munit­ies with increased vis­it­or num­bers ensur­ing oth­er loc­al attrac­tions & busi­nesses bene­fit fin­an­cially. Hav­ing such a ser­vice would def­in­itely encour­age me and many oth­ers to travel to that region to social­ise, and per­haps stay over, fur­ther sup­port­ing oth­er loc­al businesses.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0295/DET Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0295/DET Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of farm shop / café / staff accom­mod­a­tion and shed and install­a­tion of free stand­ing sol­ar pan­els and asso­ci­ated works Case Officer: Emma Bryce

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Com­ment: This is an attract­ive and pop­u­lar area on the peri­phery of the Grampi­ans. There are a num­ber of attrac­tions in the area e.g. the Burn o’Vat and Loch Kin­nord which have no sup­port­ing facil­it­ies in the neigh­bour­hood. This well con­ceived ven­ture should be wel­comed as a sym­path­et­ic addi­tion to the locale.

Emma Green­lees From: Sent: To: Sub­ject: Cat­egor­ies: Plan­ning; Dave Mur­ray APP/2023/1235 Com­ments, Emma G Dear Sir/​Madam,

Erec­tion of Farmshop/​Café/​Staff Accom­mod­a­tion and Shed and Install­a­tion of Free Stand­ing Sol­ar Pan­els and Asso­ci­ated Works | Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne APP/2023/1235

We write with regard to the above applic­a­tion. We are aware that it has been called into the the CNPA. As own­ers of a prop­erty nearby we are very sup­port­ive of the pro­pos­al and feel that it will have a pos­it­ive impact on the area and is a wel­come addi­tion to the com­munity. At present there is no loc­al shop with the ori­gin­al vil­lage shop clos­ing many years ago. Res­id­ents of the area need to travel to Aboyne and Bal­later to get pro­vi­sions and meet friends and fam­ily. There are many eld­erly res­id­ents who rely on a very sporad­ic bus ser­vice to get to these amen­it­ies which is not ideal. It will also serve as a place for res­id­ents to meet up with out hav­ing to travel by car as well as provid­ing reg­u­lar day­time open­ing hours.

In addi­tion, there are numer­ous self cater­ing prop­er­ties includ­ing both­ies and cab­ins that this busi­ness will provide a ser­vice for. It will encour­age tour­ists stay­ing in the area to spend their money loc­ally and increase the attrac­tion of the area to all oth­er vis­it­ing tourists.

In short we are 100% in favour of this applic­a­tion and would be grate­ful if CNPA would con­sider it as a fant­ast­ic poten­tial asset to a very rur­al community.

Yours faith­fully, 1

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2023/0295/DET Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2023/0295/DET Address: Land Adja­cent To Car­rue Cot­tage Logie Cold­stone Aboyne Aber­deen­shire Pro­pos­al: Erec­tion of farm shop / café / staff accom­mod­a­tion and shed and install­a­tion of free stand­ing sol­ar pan­els and asso­ci­ated works Case Officer: Emma Bryce

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I think this type of devel­op­ment will enhance the loc­al area. The addi­tion of EV char­ging points is a good idea and the fact that they have con­sidered the loc­al area in all their pro­pos­als clearly shows how they are com­mit­ted to mak­ing this work. I look for­ward to vis­it­ing it.