Policy 5: Landscape non-statutory guidance

This document contains non-statutory guidance that forms part of the Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan 2021. It applies to all planning applications within the Cairngorms National Park and should be used when preparing and assessing these applications to ensure that Policy 5, which focuses on landscape, is followed. The guidance offers advice on considering the landscape, including special landscape qualities, National Scenic Areas (NSAs), and Wild Land Areas (WLAs), and it highlights the need to avoid adverse effects on the landscape by using a mitigation hierarchy. It also covers private roads and ways and the assessment of development effects on the landscape, providing links to other useful information sources and guidance for different steps in landscape assessment and design.