Board Meeting - August 2019

This document contains a notice about upcoming Cairngorms National Park Authority meetings. The meetings, a formal board meeting at 10.45 am and a planning committee meeting to follow, will be held on 16 August 2019 at Albert Hall in Ballater. The agenda for the board meeting will be available online a week before the meeting. Anyone needing access arrangements (like a hearing loop system) should contact the Park Authority office beforehand.

This document contains the agenda for a Cairngorms National Park Authority board meeting. The meeting, held on Friday, 16 August 2019 at 10.45am in Albert Hall, Ballater, included items such as welcome, apologies, declarations of interest, and a decision on a proposed local development plan presented by Dan Harris. The agenda also included general business and a discussion about the date and venue for the next meeting, scheduled for Friday, 20 September 2019 in Grantown-on-Spey.

This document contains information about the Cairngorms National Park Authority's submission of their Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 for examination. The plan, created following extensive public consultation and review, will be submitted to Scottish Ministers for formal consideration. The submission includes the plan itself, supporting documents addressing public feedback, and a statement showing how public participation guidelines were followed. The Park Authority believes the plan aligns closely with the previously adopted plan and anticipates minimal immediate impact on planning decisions.

This document contains a summary of the representations, and planning authority responses to the representations, made regarding the Cairngorms National Park Authority's (CNPA) Local Development Plan (LDP). The issues include general considerations, housing allocations, and the specifics of the following issues: Badenoch and Strathspey strategic settlements, Aberdeenshire strategic and intermediate settlements, Badenoch and Strathspey intermediate settlements, other intermediate settlements, rural settlements and other various issues.

This document contains a statement showing that the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) followed its own guidelines for community engagement while preparing its 2020 Local Development Plan. The CNPA used several methods to ensure people were aware of the plan and could share their views, including distributing information widely, holding public events, and using social media and its website. The engagement reached many more people than in past projects and resulted in 207 responses. The CNPA believes the plan is clearer and more accessible than previous versions thanks to the use of visuals, maps and easy-to-understand language.