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Cairngorms Item 7 Appendix 2 10 Novem­ber 2023 Nation­al Park Author­ity Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 7

Appendix 2

2023/0285/DET

Rep­res­ent­a­tions General

Emma Green­lees

From: Mail Man­ager MailManager@​cairngorms.​co.​uk Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 9:16 AM To: adminof­fice adminoffice@​cairngorms.​co.​uk Sub­ject: FW: Kin­craig A9 Compund

Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 9:14:38 AM (UTC+00:00) Dub­lin, Edin­burgh, Lis­bon, Lon­don To: Mail Man­ager MailManager@​cairngorms.​co.​uk Sub­ject: Kin­craig A9 Com­pund Dear Sir / Madame,

I would like to shed some light on the plan­ning applic­a­tion by the own­er of Dunachton Estates for a change of use of the A9 com­pound to light indus­tri­al units.

The own­er, John For­bes Leith, joined the Com­munity Coun­cil at the time the com­pound was cre­ated. Under the aus­pices of the Com­munity Coun­cil, he com­posed a sur­vey to the res­id­ents of Kin­craig. This sur­vey asked wheth­er they were in favour of the change of use. It is said that he had a neg­at­ive response. The res­ults of the sur­vey were nev­er dis­closed strangely enough.

I wrote to the Plan­ning Enforce­ment Officer in Inverness enquir­ing why the site was nev­er returned to agri­cul­tur­al use as per the plan­ning con­sent. He gave a non-com­mit­tal reply. The site had been giv­en a light cov­er­ing of soil over 2

the con­crete plat­forms for the huts. The sewage pipes were left open and the elec­tric­al con­nec­tion board aban­doned. There was a delib­er­ate flout­ing of the plan­ning con­sent. I hope that these points are raised at the enquiry. Yours sin­cerely, 3