The Planning Service
The CNPA’s planning service helps get development in the right places in the National Park by promoting investment, by protecting and enhancing the natural and cultural heritage and by creating places that we can all value and enjoy
Local Development Plan
The Local Development Plan was adopted on 26 March 2021. The LDP ensures that development done in the National Park is appropriate and in the right places and has policies to help guide future decisions on planning applications.
All planning applications within the Cairngorms National Park are decided against this Plan.
View the Local Development Plan 2021
The Cairngorms National Park Authority has begun work on its next Local Development Plan. It will be shaped by the views and aspirations of communities across the National Park. The plan will replace the existing Local Development Plan adopted in 2021 and alongside Scottish Government’s National Planning Framework 4, will set out planning policies and proposals for the use and development of land across the National Park.
Planning applications
Current applications can be viewed on the Planning Portal. To view these applications, you must read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
News
Weekly list of active planning applications – 9 December 2024
9th December 2024
You can view all currently active Planning applications and the deadline dates for Public Comments on a weekly…
Park Authority planning committee news
9th August 2024
Four retrospective planning applications were reluctantly approved today by the Cairngorms National Park Authority Planning Committee, following several…
Additional Information
Planning Service Newsletter
We prepare a Planning Service newsletter a few times a year which provides an update of what’s going on in the Cairngorm National Park’s Planning Service.
Planning Service Charter
Our Planning Service Charter explains more about our planning service and the levels of service you can expect from us.
Planning Service Protocol
Our Planning Service Protocol sets out the voluntary agreement between the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) and the five Local Authorities (Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland, Moray, Perth and Kinross) who all work together in the exercise of planning functions within and affecting, the Cairngorms National Park.
Planning Service Performance
We prepare a Planning Performance Framework Report that shows how we improve our service each year.
Planning Committee
The CNPA Planning Committee meets every 4 weeks to determine planning applications which have been ‘called in’ or make decisions about the delivery of the CNPA’s planning service.
Enforcement
The CNPA and local authorities monitor the planning permissions they grant and have powers to enforce planning conditions if development does not comply with them and control development that takes place without the correct permission. The CNPA’s Planning Enforcement Register lists cases where enforcement notices have been served by the CNPA. Our Enforcement Charter sets out the standards for our enforcement service.