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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Planning Paper 1 23 March 2007 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


Title: 		OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR 
		ERECTION OF 6 NO. FLATS AND 4 NO. 
		DWELLINGHOUSES, REAR OF GRANT ARMS 
		HOTEL, THE SQUARE, GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY 
		(06/304/CP) – SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF 
		APPROVAL 

Prepared by: 	NEIL STEWART (PLANNER, DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT) 


(Image:  map showing the site location at rear of Grant Arms Hotel
not available in full text format)


BACKGROUND 

1. Members will recall that at the Planning Committee of 23 February 
2007, a decision was made, to set aside a recommendation of refusal, 
and to approve Outline Permission for the erection of 6 no. flats and 4 
no. dwellinghouses, on this vacant site, to the rear of the Grant Arms 
Hotel, in Grantown-on-Spey. 


REASON FOR REPORT 

2. In making their decision to grant Outline Permission, the Committee 
required that conditions of approval be returned for their further 
consideration. 

3. As such, set out below are my recommendations in this respect, which 
also includes a Section 75 Legal Agreement securing the provision of 
on site affordable housing. 


RECOMMENDATION 

4. That Members of the Committee agree the following as the terms 
and conditions of approval for Outline Planning Permission for 
the Erection of 6 No. Flats and 4 No. Dwellinghouses, Site at Rear 
of Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown-on-Spey: 

i. Completion of a Section 75 Legal Agreement for the provision 
on site, of a minimum of 2 no. affordable houses. 

ii. Conditions; 

1. A formal planning application and detailed plans indicating all matters 
relating to the siting, design and external appearance of all buildings, 
means of access thereto, vehicle parking and turning, means of 
enclosure, open space and garden provision, means of communal 
refuse bin storage and collection, landscaping and tree planting 
proposals, and means of surface water disposal (in accordance with 
the Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Design Manual for Scotland 
and Northern Ireland, CIRIA C521 2000) shall be submitted for the prior 
approval of the Planning Authority within 3 years of the date of this 
consent and the development must be commenced within 5 years of 
the date of this permission or within 2 years from the date of final 
approval of all the foregoing Reserved Matters. 

2. The development hereby approved, shall be of a traditional 
architecturally sympathetic design in respect of building form, detail, 
and finishing materials. 

3. That unless otherwise agreed by the Planning Authority in consultation 
with Highland Councils Area Roads and Community Works Manager, 
the internal road and parking areas shall be designed and constructed 
to a generally adoptable standard satisfying the requirements of 
Highland Council’s Road Guidelines for New Developments, including 
the provision of a turning area suitable for a larger service vehicle and 
street lighting to the satisfaction of Highland Council’s Lighting 
Engineer. 

4. That unless otherwise agreed by the Planning Authority in consultation 
with the Highland Councils Area Roads and Community Works 
Manager, communal car parking shall be provided on site at a rate of 
no less than 1.5 car parking spaces per dwelling unit. 

5. That unless otherwise agreed with the Planning Authority in 
consultation with Highland Councils Area Roads and Community 
Works Manager, prior to the completion of the development hereby 
approved, the existing vehicular access through the site to South Street 
shall be permanently closed off in a manner and at a location which is 
acceptable to the Planning Authority, in consultation with Highland 
Council. 

6. That a pedestrian link, designed and constructed to adoptable 
standards and to meet the requirements of all abilities access, shall be 
provided to link the development hereby approved with the existing 
access to South Street. 

iii. Advice note to applicant stating that the developer is responsible for 
the completion of any legal and/or administrative processes 
necessary to satisfy the requirement for closing off the existing 
vehicular access through the site to South Street. 


Neil C. Stewart 
12 March 2007 
planning@cairngorms.co.uk 


The map on the first page of this report has been produced to aid in the statutory process of dealing with planning 
applications. The map is to help identify the site and its surroundings and to aid Planning Officers, Committee 
Members and the Public in the determination of the proposal. Maps shown in the Planning Committee Report can 
only be used for the purposes of the Planning Committee. Any other use risks infringing Crown Copyright and may 
lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Maps produced within this Planning Committee Report can only be 
reproduced with the express permission of the Cairngorms National Park Authority and other Copyright holders. This 
permission must be granted in advance.