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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Paper 1(a) 6 February 2009 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


FOR DECISION 

Title: PUBLICATION OF THE CAIRNGORMS DEVELOPMENT PLAN SCHEME 

Prepared by: Robert Grant, Planning Officer 

Purpose 

To present to the Committee the proposed Cairngorms Development Plan 
Scheme, indicating the timeline for the production of a new Local 
Development Plan, as required by the Planning Etc (Scotland) Act 2006 

Recommendations 

That the Planning Committee: 

1. Formally note and approve the content of the Development Plan 
Scheme and particularly its constituent timeline outlining the 
production of a new Local Development Plan, which would go on to 
replace the emerging Deposit Local Plan. 

Background 

The Cairngorms National Park Authority has a requirement to submit to 
Scottish Ministers, a Development Plan programme which outlines the 
timeframe and steps needed to prepare and publish a Local Development 
Plan – a replacement for the currently emerging Local Plan. The content of 
the programme or scheme must specify the month which the Park Authority 
expects to publish it’s a) Main Issues Report; b) its proposed Local 
Development Plan, and c) submit the proposed plan to Scottish Ministers. 

This programme requires the Park Authority to prepare and set ‘ambitious 
but realistic targets’ for producing a Local Development Plan, as required 
under the provisions of the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006 which sets out 
to modernise the current Development Plan system. The full provisional 
timetable and action plan is appended, and the report now asks the Board 
to note the content, and approve its proposals to publish the scheme. 

Financial Implications for the Park Authority 

1. The budget for publication of this scheme could be drawn from the 
existing operational plan. 
Robert Grant 
28 January 2009 

robertgrant@cairngorms.co.uk