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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Audit Committee Paper 5 23/03/07 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


FOR INFORMATION 


Title: STANDING ITEM: STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER 

Prepared by: DAVID CAMERON, HEAD OF CORPORATE SERVICES 


Purpose 

To update the Committee on the Management Team’s review of the Strategic Risk Register. 


Recommendations 

The Committee is asked to: 

a) Note the updated Strategic Risk Register presented at Annex 1 to this paper. 


Executive Summary 

The Management Team regularly reviews the Authority’s Strategic Risk Register. The 
updated Strategic Risk Register is presented in Annex 1 to this paper for information 
following the most recent review of the status of strategic risks by the Management Team on 
20 February 2007. 

Two further risks have now been added to the register since it was last considered by the 
Committee at its meeting in December 2006. These recognise: 

a) the potential for a change to the National Park boundaries and the possible impact of 
that on delivery of the Authority’s strategic objectives; 

b) the potential impact of major “external” initiatives, such as the Beauly – Denny pylon 
inquiry to dilute the resource available to deliver the Authority’s agreed plans and 
hence adversely impact on achievement of our objectives. 

Management Team has agreed that the likelihood of a number of strategic risks identified 
has now sufficiently diminished to warrant removing these risks from the register. 



STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER – FOR INFORMATION 

Background 

1. At its meeting in March 2006, the Committee noted the establishment of the 
Authority’s Strategic Risk Register and that the register would be considered regularly 
as part of the Management Team’s quarterly operational plan review process. 

2. This regular review process is ongoing and the updated Strategic Risk Register is 
presented in Annex 1 to this paper for information. 

Risk Register Update 

3. The Management Team have now updated the risk register to take account of the 
current status of delivery against operational and corporate plan objectives. Text 
highlighted in italics in the Annex to this paper shows the history of commentary on 
additions made and action taken since July 2006. 

4. Two further risks have now been added to the register since it was last considered by 
the Committee at its meeting in December 2006. These recognise: 

a) the potential for a change to the National Park boundaries and the possible 
impact of that on delivery of the Authority’s strategic objectives; 

b) the potential impact of major “external” initiatives, such as the Beauly – Denny 
pylon inquiry to dilute the resource available to deliver the Authority’s agreed 
plans and hence adversely impact on achievement of our objectives. 

5. In reviewing the strategic risk register at its meeting on 20 February, the Management 
Team has agreed that the likelihood of a number of strategic risks identified has now 
sufficiently diminished to warrant removing these risks from the register. These risks 
are shaded in grey in the Annex and will be removed from the register following 
consideration by the Committee. 

Future Action 

6. The Risk Register will continue to be reviewed by the Management Team and updates 
brought to the Audit Committee. 

7. The Risk Register itself will be fully revised in Autumn/Winter 2007 in light of the new 
Corporate Plan for 2008 to 2011, once this has been agreed in principle by the Board. 


DAVID CAMERON 
9 March 2007 

davidcameron@cairngorms.co.uk