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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE 
held at The Village Hall, Dalwhinnie 
on 5th September 2008 at 10.30am 


PRESENT 

Eric Baird 		Willie McKenna 
Stuart Black 		Eleanor Mackintosh 
Duncan Bryden 		Ian Mackintosh 
Nonie Coulthard 		Anne MacLean 
Jaci Douglas 		Alastair MacLennan 
Dave Fallows 		Fiona Murdoch 
Lucy Grant 		Sandy Park 
David Green 		Andrew Rafferty 
Marcus Humphrey 		Richard Stroud 
Bob Kinnaird 		Susan Walker 
Bruce Luffman 		Ross Watson 
Mary McCafferty 

IN ATTENDANCE: 

Don McKee 
Andy Rinning 

APOLOGIES: 

Geva Blackett 
Drew Hendry 


AGENDA ITEMS 1 & 2: 
WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 

1. The Convenor welcomed all present. 

2. Apologies were received from the above Members. 


AGENDA ITEM 3: 
MINUTES & MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING 

3. The minutes of the previous meeting, 22nd August 2008, held at The 
Community Hall, Boat of Garten were approved with amendments to the 
following: 

• Paragraph 5 - Change of the name David Green to Duncan Bryden. 
• Paragraph 26a - to include reference to the internal murals and the 
Community Councils interest in recording them for cultural heritage 
purposes. 
• Paragraph 41 - to include that prior to the site visit discussion should be 
held with SEPA regarding the localised flooding issues. 

4. There were no matters arising. 


AGENDA ITEM 4: 
DECLARATION OF INTEREST BY MEMBERS ON ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON THE 
AGENDA 

5. No declarations of interest were made. 


AGENDA ITEM 5: 
PLANNING APPLICATION CALL-IN DECISIONS 
(Oral Presentation, Don McKee) 

6. 08/305/CP -No Call-in 
7. 08/306/CP -No Call-in 
8. 08/307/CP -No Call-in 
9. 08/308/CP -No Call-in 
10.08/309/CP - No Call-in 


COMMENTING ON APPLICATIONS NOT CALLED-IN BY THE COMMITTEE 

11.The Members wished to make comments to the Local Authorities on the 
following Planning Application No’s 08/306/CP. The planning officers 
noted these comments and were delegated with the responsibility of 
whether or not to submit the comments to the Local Authorities. 


AGENDA ITEM 6: 
ANY OTHER BUSINESS 

12.Duncan Bryden advised Members that a Local Plan Working Group 
meeting was in the process of being arranged to discuss various 
outstanding points following consultation on first modifications and further 
information would be brought before the Board at an October meeting. 

13.Duncan Bryden informed Members that the Local Plan was now being 
dealt with on a project basis with Murray Ferguson taking the lead on 
managing the process as a project. This would allow the Planning Officials 
to concentrate on applying their planning expertise to the process. 

14.Dave Fallows queried if the Sustainable Design Guide (SDG) would be 
included in the Local Plan project. 

15.Don McKee responded that it would be and that a SDG Working Group 
would be convened for October. 


AGENDA ITEM 7: 
DATE OF NEXT MEETING 

16.Friday, 19th September 2008 at The Albert Hall, Ballater. 

17.Committee Members are requested to ensure that any Apologies for this 
meeting are submitted to the Planning Office in Ballater. 

18.The meeting concluded at 11:00hrs.