Local Development Plan 2021

Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan 2021

The Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan was adopted by the Cairngorms National Park Authority on 26 March 2021.

Paper copies of the Local Development Plan are available during opening hours at the Park Authority office in Grantown-on-Spey, at public libraries in the Park and some Council offices in the Park.

• Local Development Plan 2021
• Notice of Adoption
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (as modified)
• Habitats Regulations Appraisal (as modified)

Planning Guidance

The Park Authority has also prepared a suite of non-statutory Planning Guidance to help support the delivery of the LDP. Further Supplementary Guidance and non-statutory guidance will be issued for consultation shortly.

You can view and download our guidance below or request it at the Park Authority office in Grantown-on-Spey.

• Housing Supplementary Guidance
• Supporting Economic Growth Non-Statutory Guidance
• Natural Heritage Non-Statutory Guidance
• Landscape Non-Statutory Guidance
• Renewable Energy Non-Statutory Guidance
• Open Space, Sport and Recreation Non-Statutory Guidance
• Cultural Heritage Non-Statutory Guidance
• Resources Non-Statutory Guidance
• Design and Placemaking Non-Statutory Guidance
• Developer Obligations Supplementary Guidance

For simple advice about the way the planning system in the National Park works try our Cairngorms Planning Advice Notes.

The suite of supplementary guidance documents listed above have been subject to screening for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The SEA screening report was subject to consultation with consultation authorities in July 2022, with the determination and statement of reasons published August 2022.

The LDP Action Programme

The Local Development Plan has an Action Programme that sets out how the plan will be implemented.