Item 7 Appendix 2 Draft Landscape

This document contains draft, non-statutory landscape guidance for the Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan 2020, specifically for Policy 5. The guidance applies to all planning applications within the Cairngorms National Park. It emphasizes the importance of conserving and enhancing the landscape character and special qualities of the Park, taking into account visual amenity, land use, and how people perceive the area. The document provides information on landscape character types, special landscape qualities, wild land areas, and private roads. The document further advises on assessing the landscape and visual effects of proposed developments, offering a mitigation hierarchy and referencing other sources of information and guidance.