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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 6 Appendix 4 10/12/2021

AGENDA ITEM 6

APPENDIX 4

2020/0221/DET

REP­RES­ENT­A­TIONS OBJECTION

Objec­tion to plan­ning applic­a­tion for eec­tion of a ​“bothy” on land 400m SW of Kil­liehuntly Farm­house Ref No 2020/0221/DET Called in by CNPA 28 Septem­ber 2020

1. The Applic­a­tion is in effect for the erec­tion of an exclus­ive hol­i­day chalet.
2. The loc­a­tion is in scrub wood­land on the bank of the river Tromie. The nearest build­ings are Kil­liehuntly — until recently occu­pied as a farm­house, but now used for hol­i­day accom­mod­a­tion, and the adja­cent farm build­ing which have been con­ver­ted for hospitality.
3. The only prac­tic­al access is by a very rough track along the riverbank.
4. The pro­posed loc­a­tion is close to an excep­tion­al fea­ture of the river Tromie which is pop­u­lar for wild swimming.

The applic­a­tion should be refused on the grounds that -

• The pro­posed devel­op­ment would be an unac­cept­able intru­sion into what is oth­er­wise wild land.

• The lim­ited access would res­ult in an unac­cept­able pres­sure on the exist­ing track.

There is a reas­on­able appre­hen­sion that the pro­posed devel­op­ment would have the effect of lim­it­ing pub­lic access to that part of the river bank.

• The applic­ants already have sig­ni­fic­ant prop­erty avail­able to let as hol­i­day accom­mod­a­tion in and around Kil­liehuntly from which there is easy access to the pro­posed location.

• The present applic­a­tion and the asso­ci­ated applic­a­tion (Ref No 2020/0220/DET) are examples of ​“exclus­ive” tour­ist devel­op­ment which make no pro­vi­sion for the hous­ing of the neces­sary staff which are neces­sary to ser­vice such ven­tures. The over­all effect is to put increas­ing pres­sures on the lim­ited afford­able hous­ing in the Spey Valley.

John Bar­ton West End, Drumguish, By Kingussie