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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 8 Appendix | 26/08/2022

AGENDA ITEM 8

APPENDIX I

ACTION PRO­GRAMΜΕ 2022

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 Action Pro­gramme 2022

Cairngorms NATION­AL PARK

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021

CON­TENTS

SEC­TION 1: PUR­POSE AND FORMAT Pur­pose…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………| Format…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 The role of partners………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 Links to oth­er Plans and Strategies………………………………………………………………………………..3 Abbre­vi­ations used in the Action Programme………………………………………………………………..4

SEC­TION 2: NATION­AL PRO­JECTS A9 Dualling…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 High­land Main­line Rail improvements…………………………………………………………………………….6 Review of Badenoch and Strath­spey Health­care facilities……………………………………………..7

SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS Strath­spey Rail­way Exten­sion to Grantown………………………………………………………………….8 Devel­op­ment of ​‘Act­ive Aviemore’ Project……………………………………………………………………9 An Camas Mòr…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Cairngorm Moun­tain and Glenmore……………………………………………………………………………..11

SEC­TION 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORK……………………………………………………………………………………………….13

SEC­TION 5: MONITORING……………………………………………………………………………………………18

SEC­TION 6: DEVEL­OP­MENT LAND SUP­PLY Aviemore………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20 Ballater…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………28 Grantown-on-Spey………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 Kingussie……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..36 Newtonmore………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..40 Blair Atholl…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..44 Boat of Garten……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..48 Braemar……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….50 Carr-Bridge…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..56 Cromdale…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….61 Dun­lain Bridge……………………………………………………………………………………………………………65 Kincraig………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………68 Nethy Bridge……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….72 Tomintoul…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….74 Calvine…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………77 Dalwhinnie…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..78 Dinnet…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………80 Glenmore…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….83 Inver­druie & Coylumbridge………………………………………………………………………………………..85 Laggan…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………87

ACTION PRO­GRAMME 2022

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Pur­pose This Action Pro­gramme has been pre­pared to sup­port the deliv­ery of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 (LDP).

The aim of the Action Pro­gramme is to set out actions which will help imple­ment the vis­ion, strategy and pro­pos­als of the LDP. It is the Cairngorm Nation­al Park Authority’s (CNPA) main deliv­ery tool for the LDP and will be used to help mon­it­or progress.

The Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Devel­op­ment Plan­ning) (Scot­land) Reg­u­la­tions 2008 requires Action Pro­grammes to set out:

• A list of actions required to deliv­er each of the Plan’s key policies and proposals;
• The organ­isa­tion who is to carry out the action; and
• The broad times­cale for car­ry­ing out each action.

How­ever, Action Pro­grammes are now being pro­moted as a key tool for facil­it­at­ing and sup­port­ing devel­op­ment deliv­ery. Scot­tish Plan­ning Policy (2014) emphas­ises that ​‘Action pro­grammes should be act­ively used to drive deliv­ery of planned devel­op­ments: to align stake­hold­ers, phas­ing, fin­an­cing and infra­struc­ture invest­ment over the long ter­m’ (para. 31).

This Action Pro­gramme sets out pro­gress updates on:

• Nation­al Pro­jects with­in the Nation­al Park that will play a role in the future deliv­ery of devel­op­ment and policy object­ives of the LDP;
• Infra­struc­ture and Oth­er Pro­jects that will sup­port the deliv­ery of the aims of the LDP; and
• How the LDP Policies will be imple­men­ted and mon­itored; and
• Indi­vidu­al site alloc­a­tions by set­tle­ment. Each site is set out in Sec­tion 6, and a Red/​Amber/​Green sys­tem is used to eval­u­ate their effectiveness.

All stat­utory Con­sul­tees have been con­sul­ted on this Action Pro­gramme to ascer­tain any addi­tion­al inform­a­tion relat­ing to the infra­struc­ture require­ments and any con­straints which may affect the deliv­ery of sites.

The CNPA use the Action Pro­gramme to build a clear­er evid­ence base for the each of the alloc­ated sites in the LDP, identi­fy­ing con­straints, or costs of devel­op­ing sites and ways of resolv­ing them. This will also include developer oblig­a­tions require­ments for each settlement.

This inform­a­tion will be updated annu­ally through each review of the Action Pro­gramme and will be avail­able for developers and communities.

Format The Action Pro­gramme has six main sections:

Sec­tion	Page
1.The Pur­pose and Format	1
2. Nation­al Projects	5
3. Infra­struc­ture Deliv­ery and Oth­er Projects	8
4. Deliv­ery of LDP Policy Framework	13
5. Mon­it­or­ing	18
6. Devel­op­ment Land Sup­ply Information	19

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The role of part­ners The Action Pro­gramme is pre­pared by the CNPA, how­ever, the CNPA is only one of many stake­hold­ers — includ­ing pub­lic bod­ies, private developers, landown­ers and com­munit­ies — who are respons­ible for deliv­er­ing actions with­in it.

For example, most loc­al author­it­ies com­bine the roles of plan­ning author­ity with hous­ing author­ity, roads author­ity, edu­ca­tion author­ity and deliv­ery of ser­vices, each of which may help deliv­er the LDP for an area. In the Cairngorms Nation­al Park, the loc­al author­it­ies con­tin­ue to do all those roles, with the CNPA shar­ing parts of the plan­ning author­ity role. This means that our Action Pro­gramme relies heav­ily on the work of the loc­al author­it­ies and oth­er pub­lic bod­ies as well as the own­ers of land, private developers and com­munit­ies. There are too many to identi­fy in detail, but some of the key roles are sum­mar­ised below:

Sum­mary of part­ner roles
Part­ner	Respons­ible for:
Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority	* Coordin­a­tion of deliv­ery, mon­it­or­ing and review of LDP and Action Programme.
	* Sig­ni­fic­ant plan­ning con­sents, mon­it­or­ing and enforce­ment, deliv­ery of effi­cient plan­ning ser­vice for customers
	* Sup­port and small-scale fund­ing for cor­por­ate priorities
Loc­al Authorities	* Plan­ning con­sents, mon­it­or­ing and enforce­ment, deliv­ery of effi­cient plan­ning ser­vice for customers.
	* Hous­ing author­ity role includ­ing Hous­ing Strategies, Stra­tegic Hous­ing Invest­ment Plans, assess Hous­ing Need and Demand.
	* Build­ing Con­trol, Roads, Waste, Edu­ca­tion, Care ser­vices, Leis­ure, Busi­ness sup­port, Envir­on­ment­al Health roles.
NatureScot	* Advice and sup­port on Nat­ur­al Her­it­age in pre­par­a­tion of LDP and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers.
	* Reg­u­la­tion of Spe­cies Licences.
	Full details at :
	https://www.nature.scot/doc/planning-great-places
Scot­tish Water	* Infra­struc­ture for and con­nec­tions to pub­lic water sup­plies and waste water systems.
	Full details at www​.scot​tish​wa​ter​.co​.uk
Scot­tish Envir­on­ment Pro­tec­tion Agency	* Advice and sup­port on Envir­on­ment­al issues in pre­par­a­tion of LDP and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers.
	* Envir­on­ment­al Reg­u­la­tions and Licensing.
	Info: www​.sepa​.org​.uk/​e​n​v​i​r​o​n​m​e​n​t​/​l​a​n​d​/​p​l​a​n​ning/
Enter­prise agen­cies (HIE, Scot­tish Enterprise)	* Engage in LDP pre­par­a­tion and consultations.
	* Advice and sup­port on sus­tain­able eco­nom­ic and social devel­op­ment issues.
Oth­er pub­lic bodies	* Advice and sup­port dur­ing pre­par­a­tion of LDP and in plan­ning applic­a­tions for plan­ning author­it­ies and developers.
	* May invest in pro­jects or pro­grammes that sup­port or are con­nec­ted to the LDP.
Developers, (includ­ing com­munity groups or Pub­lic bod­ies when act­ing as a developer)	* Under­take work to make effect­ive plan­ning applic­a­tions, includ­ing seek­ing pre-applic­a­tion advice.
	* Com­ply with plan­ning con­sents and conditions.
	* Secure oth­er required consents.
	* Keep plan­ning author­ity informed of pro­gress or prob­lems with sites.
	* Secure fund­ing, man­age devel­op­ment pro­cess through to com­ple­tion and dis­pos­al or sale of properties.
Com­munties and oth­er groups	* Engage in LDP pre­par­a­tion and consultations.
	* Devel­op and review Com­munity Action Plans.
	* Estab­lish com­munity devel­op­ment com­pan­ies to coordin­ate and devel­op projects.

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 1: PUR­POSE AND FORMAT

Links to oth­er Plans and Strategies The Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan and Action Pro­gramme help to deliv­er the plans and strategies of many organ­isa­tions and for many issues across the Nation­al Park. In par­tic­u­lar, the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan which is the over­arch­ing land use strategy for the Nation­al Park. It there­fore sets the con­text for:

• The Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan
• Act­ive Cairngorms
• Cairngorms Nature
• The Eco­nom­ic Strategy

Review of the Action Pro­gramme The CNPA will review and repub­lish the Action Pro­gramme annu­ally and want it to be a ​‘live’ doc­u­ment that changes and adapts over time. The annu­al Action Pro­gramme reviews will reflect changes on the ground, demon­strate pro­gress or con­straints in deliv­ery, incor­por­ate new actions and provide up to date inform­a­tion on the status and pro­gress of sites over time along with cur­rent developer oblig­a­tions require­ments. Each annu­al review will be report to CNPA Plan­ning Com­mit­tee for inform­a­tion and will be pub­lished on the CNPA web­site for com­munit­ies and developers.

Oth­er plans and strategies that are linked to the Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan and Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan also include:

• The loc­al author­it­ies’ Hous­ing Strategies, and Stra­tegic Hous­ing Invest­ment Plans
• Trans­port Scot­land Stra­tegic Trans­port Pro­jects Review and Region­al Trans­port Strategies
• Area Waste Plans
• Loc­al Author­ity cap­it­al invest­ment plans
• Com­munity Action Plans
• Plans of Com­munity Plan­ning Partnerships
• Scotland’s River Basin Man­age­ment Plan and Catch­ment Man­age­ment Plans

This Action Pro­gramme how­ever focuses on pro­jects that con­trib­ute to the deliv­ery of the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 as well as oth­er sig­ni­fic­ant devel­op­ment that con­trib­ute to its delivery.

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Abbre­vi­ations used in the Action Pro­gramme There are a num­ber of organ­isa­tions and terms that are used in the Action Pro­gramme fre­quently. Their names or terms have been abbre­vi­ated at some points in the doc­u­ment and are lis­ted below.

Organ­isa­tions:	Oth­er abbreviations:
CBP Cairngorms Busi­ness Partnership	DIA Drain­age Impact Assessment
FLS Forestry and Land Scotland	FRA Flood Risk Assessment
HES His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scotland	HRA Hab­it­ats Reg­u­la­tions Assessment
HIE High­lands and Islands Enterprise	LDP Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan
HITRANS High­lands and Islands Trans­port Partnership	NFM Nat­ur­al flood management
HLF Her­it­age Lot­tery Fund	SEA Stra­tegic Envir­on­ment­al Assessment
LAS All con­stitu­ent Loc­al Authorities	WWTW Waste Water Treat­ment Works
NS NatureScot
RSPB Roy­al Soci­ety for the Pro­tec­tion of Birds
SEPA Scot­tish Envir­on­ment Pro­tec­tion Agency
SS SportScot­land
SW Scot­tish Water
SYHA Scot­tish Youth Hos­telling Association
THC The High­land Council

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 2: NATION­AL PROJECTS

TABLE 2: NATION­AL PRO­JECTS iden­ti­fied through the Scot­tish Government’s Nation­al Plan­ning Frame­work (NPF3)

Pro­pos­al	Descrip­tion	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Notes
A9 Dualling	Trans­port Scot­land is tak­ing for­ward design and con­struc­tion of the A9 dualling between Perth and Inverness. The pro­ject is being developed with a view to com­plet­ing the over­all dualling to:	By 2025	Trans­port Scotland	This Gov­ern­ment is com­mit­ted to com­plet­ing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness which is both a nation­al and a loc­al pri­or­ity. Work is con­tinu­ing across the A9, with road users already bene­fit­ing from the dualled stretch between Kin­craig and Dalraddy (oper­a­tion­al since Septem­ber 2017) and between Lun­carty and the Pass of Birnam, which opened fully to traffic on 28th August 2021.The sec­tion between Tomat­in and Moy is cur­rently in pro­cure­ment and it is expec­ted that the con­struc­tion con­tract will be awar­ded in the second half of this year. Design work is pro­gress­ing on the rest of the pro­gramme, with the stat­utory pro­cess well under­way for sev­en of the remain­ing eight schemes.
	* improve the oper­a­tion­al per­form­ance of the A9 by redu­cing jour­ney times and improv­ing jour­ney time reliability,			Determ­in­a­tion of the optim­al pro­cure­ment approach for deliv­ery of the remain­ing sec­tions of the A9 Dualling is ongo­ing. Inform­a­tion about the Pro­gramme is avail­able on Trans­port Scotland’s web site at: [A9 Dualling Perth to Inverness (transport.gov.scot)](https://www.transport.gov.scot/projects/a9-dualling/
	* improve safety for both motor­ised and non-motor­ised users by redu­cing acci­dent sever­ity and redu­cing driver stress,			CNPA and High­land Coun­cil removed objec­tions to the Dalraddy to Slo­chd sec­tion of the A9 Dualling when Trans­port Scot­land agreed to fund the plan­ning and devel­op­ment of an altern­at­ive non-motor­ised user route between Aviemore and Car­rbridge. A vir­tu­al pub­lic engage­ment was held November/​December 2020 to present emer­ging route options.
	* facil­it­ate act­ive travel with­in the cor­ridor, and			The pre­ferred non-motor­ised user route was announced in Novem­ber 2021 with pre-plan­ning pub­lic exhib­i­tions held in May 2022 in Aviemore and Car­rbridge, and online. The plan­ning applic­a­tion is sched­uled to be sub­mit­ted later this year. More details can be found here: Aviemore to Car­rbridge non-motor­ised user route study (transport.gov.scot)
	* improve integ­ra­tion with pub­lic trans­port facilities.

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 2: NATION­AL PROJECTS

TABLE 2: NATION­AL PRO­JECTS iden­ti­fied through the Scot­tish Government’s Nation­al Plan­ning Frame­work (NPF3)

Pro­pos­al	Descrip­tion	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Part­ners	Notes
High­land Main­line Rail improvements	Trans­port Scot­land, on behalf of Scot­tish Min­is­ters is work­ing with Net­work Rail to devel­op phase two of the scheme which aims to deliver:	By 2025	Trans­port Scotland	Net­work Rail	Phase 2 com­pleted in May 2019. We con­tin­ue to exam­ine oppor­tun­it­ies to improve jour­ney times in the medi­um to longer term and, where demand exists, increase ser­vices and con­nectiv­ity No fur­ther pub­lished updates, June 2022
	* an hourly service;				Fur­ther inform­a­tion about Phase One and Two is avail­able at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/projects/highland-main-line/project-details/
	* aver­age jour­ney time reduc­tions of around 10 minutes between Inverness and Perth exten­ded to Edin­burgh and Glas­gow; and
	* more effi­cient freight oper­a­tions that bet­ter respond to the needs of customers.

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
Review of Badenoch and Strath­spey Health­care facilities	As part of a NHS High­land review of health­care facil­it­ies pro­vi­sion in Badenoch & Strath­spey, there was a pro­pos­al to replace the exist­ing hos­pit­al facil­it­ies in Grant­own-on-Spey and Kin­gussie with the new com­munity hos­pit­al facil­ity in Aviemore (image of devel­op­ment below). The Hos­pit­al was com­pleted in 2021 and is now oper­at­ing and open to the public.	Com­pleted.		NHS High­land	CNPA, THC, Med­ic­al Prac­tices, Communities

Aviemore Com­munity Hos­pit­al, May 2022

Aviemore Com­munity Hos­pit­al, May 2022

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
Strath­spey Rail­way Exten­sion to Grantown	Strath­spey Rail­way Company’s pro­ject ​‘Rails to Grant­own’, is focussed on bring­ing steam rail­way to Grant­own-on-Spey from Broom­hill. Pro­ject also requires cross­ing of A95 Trunk road, with oppor­tun­it­ies for upgrad­ing a sec­tion of the A95 and off-road link between Dul­nain Bridge and Grantown-on-Spey.	EIA scop­ing com­pleted and TAWS applic­a­tion com­pris­ing the road cross­ing, rail­way and rail­way sta­tion to be sub­mit­ted. No fur­ther pro­gress, June 2022.	2022 onwards	Strath­spey Rail­way Co.	Trans­port Scotland

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
Devel­op­ment of ​‘Act­ive Aviemore’ Project	The Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment agreed to fund the con­struc­tion of a new £15m hos­pit­al in Aviemore. CNPA has iden­ti­fied this invest­ment as a cata­lyst to deliv­er oth­er stra­tegic devel­op­ments includ­ing Act­ive Aviemore. This pro­ject aims to improve Aviemore’s walk­ing and cyc­ling infra­struc­ture, pro­mote act­ive travel and enhance the integ­ra­tion of social and health care facil­it­ies. Oth­er infra­struc­ture actions to sup­port this include:	The pro­ject has now been divided into a num­ber of inde­pend­ent pro­jects to be delivered as fol­lows: Grampi­an Road/​Dal­faber Drive Junc­tion – redesign and con­struc­tion Con­struc­tion com­menced 26 April 2022 expec­ted to last 10 weeks.	2021 – 22	THC	Sus­trans CNPA
		Path upgrade from Primary School to new Hos­pit­al site (rail under­pass) – design and con­struc­tion. Designs agreed. Ground works to commence.	2021 – 22	Hitrans	CNPA, Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Council
	* Recruit­ing a CNPA infra­struc­ture manager.		Sum­mer
2022
	* Pre­par­ing a five year CNP Infra­struc­ture Plan.
	* Com­men­cing Her­it­age Hori­zons Act­ive Travel and Sus­tain­able Trans­port projects.				NLHF, Sus­trans, THC, Hitrans, Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Council
		Segreg­ated cycle paths on Grampi­an Road (as part of broad­er Act­ive Travel Place mak­ing review with­in Aviemore) Feasibility/​Design fund­ing secured as part of CG2030/ PfE pro­ject. Stantec Appoin­ted April 2022. Com­munity con­sulta­tion to re-commence.	2022 – 2028	CNPA
			2022

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
An Camas Mòr	Devel­op­ment of a new com­munity (1500 houses; asso­ci­ated busi­ness, com­munity facil­it­ies and pro­vi­sion of infra­struc­ture). Infra­struc­ture required will include: Road infra­struc­ture, access and con­nectiv­ity; Ser­vi­cing infra­struc­ture e.g. water, waste water, elec­tri­city; and * Nat­ur­al her­it­age, land­scape and recreation.	Applic­a­tion under Sec­tion 42 to vary con­di­tion I of Plan­ning Per­mis­sion in Prin­ciple (CNPA Ref 09/155/CP) recom­men­ded for approv­al in August 2017. Sec­tion 75 signed and per­mis­sion issued in April 2019. Per­mis­sion exten­ded under the Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Mis­cel­laneous Tem­por­ary Modi­fic­a­tions) (Scot­land) Reg­u­la­tions 2022 as a res­ult of the Cov­id pan­dem­ic until March 2023. Await­ing sub­mis­sion of detailed Design and MSC applic­a­tions for infrastructure.	2022 onwards	An Camas Mòr LLP/​The High­land Council/​Aviemore Com­munity Council	CNPA, NS

An Camas Mor ommone

GRHEN

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
Cairngorm Moun­tain and Glenmore	Strategy approved by CNPA Board in Septem­ber 2016 and by all pub­lic sec­tor part­ners later in 2016. Key out­comes: Enhance the vis­it­or exper­i­ence to match the qual­ity of envir­on­ment Enhance hab­it­at and spe­cies con­ser­va­tion on a land­scape scale Sup­port and enhance the region­al eco­nomy Cre­ate out­door learn­ing oppor­tun­it­ies for all	A num­ber of pro­jects sup­port­ing the deliv­ery of the Strategy include: * Devel­op­ment of pri­or­it­ised recre­ation site plan 2020 — 2029 for Glen­more (FLS). New tar­mac path link­ing car parks and vis­it­or sites in Glen­more, along with traffic calm­ing meas­ure and improve­ments to beach car park. (RTIF fun­ded via CNPA) Reduced speed lim­its and VMS, introduced.	2020 – 29	HIE, SYHA, SSEN	CNPA, The High­land Coun­cil, SS, NS, High­life Highland,
		Reopen­ing of pub­lic toi­lets (HC) due 2022⁄23.	Com­pleted 2020 – 23
		Fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion of con­sult­ants report (2020) HIE imple­ment­ing meas­ure to improve the year round exper­i­ence at Cairngorm Mountain.	2021 – 23
		Cre­ation of overnight motorhome facil­ity at Ciste Car Park (2021).	Com­pleted

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS The infra­struc­ture pro­jects which are needed to deliv­er the vis­ion of the LDP and pro­jects that will sup­port it.

TABLE 3.1: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PRO­JECTS IN LDP

Settlement/​Pro­ject Name	Infrastructure/​Pro­ject Descrip­tion	Status/​Con­straints	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
HIGH­LAND
Cairngorm Moun­tain and Glenmore	The Cairngorm Mas­ter­plan which sets out the 25 year vis­ion for the Moun­tain Estate was pub­lished in June 2021. The Mas­ter­plan com­prises a 10 key strategies that will shape devel­op­ment of the pub­licly-owned Cairngorm Estate. It will act as a frame­work shap­ing future plans for eco­logy, sus­tain­able trans­port, moun­tain bik­ing, elec­tri­fic­a­tion, facil­it­ies devel­op­ment and more. The over­arch­ing vis­ion for the Estate will be: ​‘a world-class moun­tain envir­on­ment where nature thrives and people of all ages and abil­it­ies enjoy access to out­door sport, recre­ation and edu­ca­tion oppor­tun­it­ies in every sea­son of the year’ (HIE). A key asso­ci­ated pro­ject is the SSEN power upgrade to Cairngorm which will increase elec­tri­city capa­city in the area and enable the deliv­ery of pro­pos­als with­in the mas­ter­plan to be delivered.	There are 10 key strategies which form the Cairngorm Mas­ter­plan includ­ing: An all-year round sus­tain­able oper­at­ing mod­el Cohes­ive eco­logy and hab­it­at res­tor­a­tion Pro­mote act­ive travel and sus­tain­able trans­port (with spe­cif­ic focus on the Aviemore/​Glenmore/​Cairngorm cor­ridor) A moun­tain for all provid­ing diverse activ­it­ies, uplift and facil­it­ies to cater for all user groups Scot­tish Centre for the Moun­tain Envir­on­ment Excel­lent vis­it­or exper­i­ence Moun­tain bik­ing De-car­bon­ise the moun­tain Access from Ptar­mig­an Monitoring	2022 onwards	HIE, SYHA, SSEN	CNPA, The High­land Coun­cil, SS, NS, High­life High­land, Scot­tish Government

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAME­WORK The work that is needed to ensure the policy frame­work of the LDP is delivered.

TABLE 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

Policy	Times­cale	Descrip­tion	How it will be delivered / mon­itored	Lead and Partners
All policies	2022 onwards	Pub­lish annu­al LDP mon­it­or­ing and review report.	Report will be pub­lished annually.	CNPA
Policy 1: New Hous­ing Development	2022 onwards	Ongo­ing review of LDP alloc­ated sites, con­sents and land sup­ply effect­ive­ness and constraints.	Through the annu­al updates of the Action Pro­gramme and Hous­ing Land Audits	CNPA with input from developers, landown­ers, LA’s and communities
	2022 onwards	Under­take detailed com­munity-based assess­ments of hous­ing needs as appro­pri­ate where com­munit­ies have developed struc­tures to take forward.	Through the deliv­ery of com­munity led hous­ing projects.	Hous­ing Enabling Organ­isa­tions and Com­munity Sup­port Organ­isa­tions in con­junc­tion with Com­munity Groups, CNPA, LA’s, landown­ers and developers.
	2022 onwards	In addi­tion, assist com­munit­ies act­ively look­ing for ​‘self-help’ solu­tions and work with these com­munit­ies to help deliv­er spe­cif­ic projects.	Work ongo­ing with five com­munit­ies cur­rently tak­ing for­ward pro­jects at vari­ous stages of devel­op­ment to deliv­ery com­munity owned housing.
	2022 onwards	Hous­ing Stat­utory Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance has been pre­pared and fol­low­ing a suc­sess­ful pub­lic con­sulta­tion is expec­ted to be adop­ted in 2022 sub­ject to final approv­al from the Scot­tish Government.	Once adop­ted, the Sup­ple­ment­ary guid­ance will be mon­itored through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers. This will be an ongo­ing process.	CNPA, LA’s

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAME­WORK The work that is needed to ensure the policy frame­work of the LDP is delivered.

TABLE 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

Policy	Times­cale	Descrip­tion	How it will be delivered / mon­itored	Lead and Partners
Policy 2: Sup­port­ing Eco­nom­ic Growth	2022	Under­take an Eco­nom­ic Land Audit with­in the Park to review demand and sup­ply for busi­ness land and unit avail­ab­il­ity with­in the Nation­al Park.	This pro­ject has been com­pleted and will form part of the evid­ence for the preper­a­tion of the next LDP. It will be reviewed every two years..	CNPA
	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been pre­pared, con­sul­ted on and adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion and deliv­ery of busi­ness and eco­nom­ic related developments.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LAs
	2022 onwards	Re-start Town Centre Health checks to mon­it­or the vital­ity and viab­il­ity of town centres. Health checks were pre­vi­ously under­taken every two years, how­ever have not been done since 2018 due to the pandemic.	Pre­par­a­tion of a Town Centre Health Check Report will recomence and be pub­lished every two years.	CNPA, LAs
Policy 3: Design and Placemaking	2022	Pro­mote good prac­tice in terms of design through the pre­par­a­tion of Plan­ning Advice.	Through the pre­par­a­tion of plan­ning advice and using the CNPA web­site to high­light case studies.	CNPA in con­junc­tion with LA’s, developers and communities.
	2022 – 23	Pre­par­a­tion for the next Cairngorms Nation­al Park Design Awards to be held in 2023.This has been delayed due to the uncer­tainty of the Cov­id Pandemic.	The Guid­ance will be mon­itored through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers. This will be an ongo­ing process.	CNPA, LAs
			It will be delivered through the Design Awards Com­pet­i­tion show­cas­ing the best examples of Good Design in the Nation­al Park.

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 SEC­TION 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAME­WORK The work that is needed to ensure the policy frame­work of the LDP is delivered.

TABLE 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

Policy	Times­cale	Descrip­tion	How it will be delivered / mon­itored	Lead and Partners
Policy 4: Nat­ur­al Heritage	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of the Policy and ensure devel­op­ment pro­jects do not adversely affect Nat­ur­al Her­it­age interests.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LA’s
Policy 5: Landscape	2022 onwards	Con­tin­ue to pro­mote and apply the Land­scape Toolkit for the Park.	Through indi­vidu­al assess­ment of plan­ning applications.	CNPA
	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of Policy 5 and ensure devel­op­ments fully con­sider and assess any land­scape impacts.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Planning