Item8Appendix3Objection20190293DET

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 8 Appendix 3 15/11/2019

AGENDA ITEM 8

APPENDIX 3

2019/0293/DET

OBJEC­TION

BSCG info

From:BSCG info Sent:15 Oct 2019 23:55:23 +0100 To:Planning Subject:Objections Glenbeg

Badenoch & Strath­spey Con­ser­va­tion Group Fiod­hag, Nethy­bridge, Inverness-shire PH25 3DJ Tel Scot­tish Char­ity No. SC003846 Email Web­site bscg​.org​.uk/

CNPA Grant­own

15 Octo­ber 2019

Dear Madam/​Sir 2019/0293/DET: Upgrade of private way — track A (ret­ro­spect­ive) Land At Glen­beg Estate 2019/0289/DET | Upgrade of exist­ing private way for forestry and agri­cul­ture use in ret­ro­spect (Track B — 2 of 2) | Upper Crag­gan Glen­beg Road Grant­own-on-spey High­land PH26 3NT

BSCG objects to aspects of these applic­a­tions and urges the CNPA to ensure that high stand­ards are achieved on the ground. We request the oppor­tun­ity to address the Board when these applic­a­tions are determined.

BSCG is con­cerned that high stand­ards of tracks should be required in the Nation­al Park. It is dis­ap­point­ing that these applic­a­tions are ret­ro­spect­ive and we wel­come that the CNPA have called the applic­a­tions in.

We are con­cerned that the track width should not exceed 3m; and there should be a cent­ral veget­ated strip of min­im­um width 0.75cm. We wel­come that the applicant’s draw­ings shows 3m track width and we are con­cerned that the CNPA ensures that this is achieved on the ground. We are con­cerned that the scale of the drain­age ditches as shown in the draw­ings, which appear to be about 2m wide at their widest, may be excess­ive. We are con­cerned about the arrange­ments for con­trolling silt in the Glen­beg Burn which is part of the River Spey & Trib­u­tar­ies SAC. Such arrange­ments need to be designed to take account of more extreme weath­er that can be anti­cip­ated with cli­mate change; and designed so that their main­ten­ance is real­ist­ic in the long term.

We note that the qual­i­fy­ing spe­cies of the SAC, as well as oth­er spe­cies, can be sens­it­ive to hab­it­at impacts, includ­ing pol­lu­tion. We are con­cerned that risks of adverse impacts to such sens­it­ive spe­cies are fully addressed. Much of the wood­land near the Glen­beg Burn is of high nat­ur­al­ness, sup­ports nat­ive spe­cies includ­ing birch and aspen, and is classed as ancient wood­land of semi-nat­ur­al ori­gin. We are con­cerned that land­scape impacts should be kept to a min­im­um. Yours sin­cerely Gus Jones Convener