Cairngorms Nation­al Park Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021

Action Pro­gramme 2022

CON­TENTS

SEC­TION 1: PUR­POSE AND FORMAT

• Pur­pose
• Format
• The role of partners
• Links to oth­er Plans and Strategies
• Abbre­vi­ations used in the Action Programme

SEC­TION 2: NATION­AL PROJECTS

• A9 Dualling
• High­land Main­line Rail improvements
• Review of Badenoch and Strath­spey Health­care facilities

SEC­TION 3: INFRA­STRUC­TURE DELIV­ERY AND OTH­ER PROJECTS

• Strath­spey Rail­way Exten­sion to Grantown
• Devel­op­ment of ​‘Act­ive Aviemore’ Project
• An Camas Mòr
• Cairngorm Moun­tain and Glenmore

SEC­TION 4: DELIV­ERY OF LOC­AL DEVEL­OP­MENT PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

SEC­TION 5: MONITORING

SEC­TION 6: DEVEL­OP­MENT LAND SUPPLY

• Aviemore
• Bal­later
• Grant­own-on-Spey
• Kin­gussie
• New­ton­more
• Blair Atholl
• Boat of Garten
• Brae­mar
• Carr-Bridge
• Crom­dale
• Dun­lain Bridge
• Kin­craig
• Nethy Bridge
• Tomin­toul
• Calv­ine
• Dal­whin­nie
• Din­net
• Glen­more
• Inver­druie & Coylumbridge
• Lag­gan

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SEC­TION 1: PUR­POSE AND FORMAT

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.
Com­munit­ies 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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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

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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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.

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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:

Abbre­vi­ation	Name
CBP	Cairngorms Busi­ness Partnership
FLS	Forestry and Land Scotland
HES	His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scotland
HIE	High­lands and Islands Enterprise
HITRANS	High­lands and Islands Trans­port Partnership
HLF	Her­it­age Lot­tery Fund
LAs	All con­stitu­ent Loc­al Authorities
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

Oth­er abbreviations:

Abbre­vi­ation	Mean­ing
DIA	Drain­age Impact Assessment
FRA	Flood Risk Assessment
HRA	Hab­it­ats Reg­u­la­tions Assessment
LDP	Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan
NFM	Nat­ur­al flood management
SEA	Stra­tegic Envir­on­ment­al Assessment
WWTW	Waste Water Treat­ment Works

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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.	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. 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) 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. 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)
	The pro­ject is being developed with a view to com­plet­ing the over­all dualling to: • improve the oper­a­tion­al per­form­ance of the A9 by redu­cing jour­ney times and improv­ing jour­ney time reli­ab­il­ity, • improve safety for both motor­ised and non-motor­ised users by redu­cing acci­dent sever­ity and redu­cing driver stress, • facil­it­ate act­ive travel with­in the cor­ridor, and • improve integ­ra­tion with pub­lic trans­port facilities.
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: • an hourly ser­vice; • 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.	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 Fur­ther inform­a­tion about Phase One and Two is avail­able at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/projects/highland-main-line/project-details/

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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
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
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: • Recruit­ing a CNPA infra­struc­ture man­ager. • Pre­par­ing a five year CNP Infra­struc­ture Plan. • Com­men­cing Her­it­age Hori­zons Act­ive Travel and Sus­tain­able Trans­port projects.	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. Path upgrade from Primary School to new Hos­pit­al site (rail under­pass) – design and con­struc­tion. Designs agreed. Ground works to com­mence. 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.	2021 – 22	THC	Sus­trans CNPA
			2021 – 22	Hitrans	CNPA, Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Council
			Sum­mer 2022
			2022 – 2028	CNPA	NLHF, Sus­trans, THC, Hitrans, Aviemore & Vicin­ity Com­munity Council
			2022
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
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. Reopen­ing of pub­lic toi­lets (HC) due 2022⁄23. Fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion of con­sult­ants report (2020) HIE imple­ment­ing meas­ure to improve the year round exper­i­ence at Cairngorm Moun­tain. Cre­ation of overnight motorhome facil­ity at Ciste Car Park (2021).	2020 – 29	HIE, SYHA, SSEN	CNPA, The High­land Coun­cil, SS, NS, High­life Highland,
	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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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
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	Design and Place­mak­ing Non-stat­utory Sup­ple­ment­ary Guid­ance was adop­ted on the 25th March 2022.	The Guid­ance will be mon­itored through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers. This will be an ongo­ing process.	CNPA, LAs
	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.	It will be delivered through the Design Awards Com­pet­i­tion show­cas­ing the best examples of Good Design in the Nation­al Park.	CNPA
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 Officers.	CNPA, LAs
Policy 6: The Sit­ing & Design of Digit­al Com­mu­nic­a­tions Equipment	2022 onwards	Mon­it­or con­sents and devel­op­ment on the ground — par­tic­u­larly in rela­tion to 5G installations.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA, LAs and oth­er consultees.	CNPA
Policy 7: Renew­able Energy	2022 onwards	Mon­it­or con­sents and devel­op­ment on the ground.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA, LAs and oth­er consultees.	CNPA
	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of Policy 7 and guide the deliv­ery of Renew­able Energy related developments.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LAs
Policy 8: Open Space, Sport & Recreation	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of Policy 8 and guide devel­op­ments affect­ing or relat­ing to open space, sport or recreation.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LA’s
Policy 9: Cul­tur­al Heritage	2022 onwards	Review of con­ser­va­tion areas and man­age­ment plans as appropriate.	Sup­port or feed into the pre­par­a­tion of any Con­ser­va­tion Area Man­age­ment Plans.	LA’s with input from CNPA and community.
	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of the Policy and ensure devel­op­ment pro­jects do not adversely affect any Cul­tur­al Her­it­age interests.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LAs
Policy 10: Resources	2022 onwards	Mon­it­or­ing con­sents and devel­op­ment on the ground.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA, LAs and oth­er consultees.	CNPA with SEPA, NS, SW and Catch­ment Man­age­ment Partnerships
	2022	Non-stat­utory plan­ning guid­ance has been adop­ted to sup­port the inter­pret­a­tion of Policy 10 and guide the deliv­ery of resource related developments.	Ongo­ing mon­it­or­ing through plan­ning applic­a­tions and feed­back from CNPA and LA Plan­ning Officers.	CNPA, LAs
Policy 11: Developer Obligations	2022 onwards	Annu­ally review­ing inform­a­tion to inform developer oblig­a­tions require­ments in terms of edu­ca­tion (school roll fore­casts), health­care and com­munity facil­it­ies to give developers most up to date pos­i­tion on the con­tri­bu­tions required.	Using the annu­al review of the Action Pro­gramme and pre­par­a­tion of Sup­ple­ment­ary Guidance.	CNPA in con­junc­tion with LA’s, Health Boards and rel­ev­ant key agencies.
	2022 onwards	Developer Oblig­a­tions 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, LAs
Com­munity Information	2022 onwards	Con­tinu­ing to sup­port com­munit­ies to achieve their com­munity object­ives through Com­munity Action Plan­ning (includ­ing Loc­al Place Plans) and Com­munity Plan Partnerships	Through the deliv­ery of Loc­al Place Plans.	CNPA in con­junc­tion with com­munity sup­port organisations

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SEC­TION 5: MONITORING

The routine mon­it­or­ing of the LDP and Action Pro­gramme. This will be repor­ted in the review of the Action Pro­gramme and oth­er routine mon­it­or­ing reports each year.

TABLE 5: MONITORING

Action / Descrip­tion	Times­cale	Lead Agency	Oth­er Partners
Deliv­ery of Action Programme	Annu­ally	CNPA	LAS
Use of Policies	Annu­ally	CNPA	LAs
Plan­ning Per­mis­sions and Completions	Annu­ally	CNPA	LAs
Hous­ing Land Sup­ply and Effectiveness	Annu­ally	CNPA	LAs
Town Centre Health Checks*	Every 2 years	CNPA	LAs
SEA — Mon­it­or envir­on­ment­al effects of LDP	Annu­ally	CNPA	Key agen­cies
HRA – Mit­ig­a­tion meas­ures and effects on con­ser­va­tion object­ives of European sites	Annu­ally	CNPA	Key agen­cies

* Post­poned dur­ing ²⁰²⁰⁄₂₁ due to the Cov­id-19 pandemic

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SEC­TION 6: DEVEL­OP­MENT LAND SUPPLY

This sec­tion of the Action Pro­gramme is used to assess pro­gress and identi­fy con­straints or bar­ri­ers to the devel­op­ment of land and sites for hous­ing, employ­ment and com­munity or oth­er uses. It is set out by set­tle­ment and includes ​‘anti­cip­ated infra­struc­ture & afford­able hous­ing require­ments’ which apply at a set­tle­ment level as well as more detailed updates on a site-by-site basis. These have been informed through con­sulta­tion with the rel­ev­ant author­it­ies and each site has been col­our coded to reflect its level of constraint.

The require­ments set out in this Action Pro­gramme should be read in con­junc­tion with the Loc­al Devel­op­ment Plan 2021 par­tic­u­larly for inform­a­tion on mit­ig­a­tion require­ments and assess­ments includ­ing the need for spe­cies pro­tec­tion plans, con­struc­tion meth­od state­ments and recre­ation man­age­ment plans.

This sec­tion includes all cur­rent alloc­a­tions includ­ing hous­ing, eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment, tour­ism and community.

	No sig­ni­fic­ant infra­struc­ture con­straints affect­ing deliv­ery of the site.
	Mod­er­ate con­straints or fur­ther assess­ment required to determ­ine the extent of con­straint. Appro­pri­ate mit­ig­a­tion meas­ures required.
Sig­ni­fic­ant infra­struc­ture or oth­er con­straints that will make the devel­op­ment undeliverable.

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Aviemore

ANTI­CIP­ATED INFRA­STRUC­TURE & AFFORD­ABLE HOUS­ING REQUIREMENTS

	Afford­able Housing	All devel­op­ments over 3 units will be required to provide 45% afford­able hous­ing on site. Devel­op­ments of 3 units or less will be required to make a fin­an­cial contribution.
	Primary Edu­ca­tion	Aviemore Primary School is pro­jec­ted to exceed capa­city and con­tri­bu­tions will be required towards increas­ing capacity.
	Sec­ond­ary Education	Kin­gussie High School is pro­jec­ted to exceed capa­city over longer term and con­tri­bu­tions to an exten­sion will be required.
	Com­munity	Con­tri­bu­tions will be required towards increas­ing capa­city at stra­tegic com­munity leis­ure facil­it­ies serving Aviemore.
Water and Waste Water Treat­ment Works	Ongo­ing invest­ment in the WwTW to meet ongo­ing demand and a growth pro­ject under­way for the WTW. All developers are encour­aged to sub­mit a Pre-devel­op­ment Enquiry to Scot­tish Water at earli­est pos­sible state to allow any devel­op­ments to be taken into account for any mod­el­ling and invest­ment programmes.

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HOUS­ING SITES

HI: Dal­faber	Site has capa­city for 10 dwell­ings. Own­er / developer: Reidhaven and Seafield Estates	Site require­ments / infra­struc­ture con­straints No sig­ni­fic­ant con­straints. Should the exist­ing per­mis­sion be var­ied: • A Flood Risk Assess­ment and hydro mor­pho­lo­gic­al study will be required. • A Drain­age Impact Assess­ment may be required.	Actions / deliv­er­ables Sub­mis­sion of MSC applic­a­tion for the remain­ing con­di­tion on PPP con­sent. Devel­op­ment Completion.	Times­cale By March 2019 2022 onwards	Pro­gress update MSC applic­a­tion approved in Novem­ber 2018 to dis­charge a num­ber of con­di­tions attached to PPP con­sent. Devel­op­ment com­menced in 2021 and is ongoing.
H2: Dal­faber	Site has capa­city for 83 dwell­ings. Own­er / developer: Reidhaven and Seafield Estates	Site require­ments / infra­struc­ture con­straints No sig­ni­fic­ant con­straints. Should the exist­ing per­mis­sion be var­ied: • A Flood Risk Assess­ment and hydro mor­pho­lo­gic­al study will be required. • A Drain­age Impact Assess­ment may be required.	Actions / deliv­er­ables Sub­mis­sion of MSC applic­a­tion for the remain­ing con­di­tion on PPP con­sent. Devel­op­ment completion.	Times­cale 2018⁄19 2022 onwards	Pro­gress update MSC applic­a­tion approved in Novem­ber 2018 to dis­charge a num­ber of con­di­tions attached to PPP con­sent. Devel­op­ment com­menced in 2021 and is ongoing.

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OTH­ER HOUS­ING SITES

C3: Spey House (Phase 1&2) Own­er / developer: Upland Developments	Site require­ments / infra­struc­ture constraints	Actions / deliv­er­ables Spey House (Phase I) Con­struc­tion Com­plete Spey House (Phase 2) Con­struc­tion Complete	Times­cale Pro­gress update

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MIXED USE SITES

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