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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE 

held at the CNPA Office, Ballater and the 
CNPA Office, Grantown on Spey (Via Audio link) 
on 29th December 2006 at 10.30am


PRESENT 

Eric Baird (In Ballater) 	Alastair MacLennan 
Stuart Black 		Sandy Park 
Duncan Bryden 		Andrew Rafferty 
Basil Dunlop 		Gregor Rimell 
Douglas Glass (In Ballater) 	David Selfridge 
Angus Gordon 		Sheena Slimon 
David Green 		Richard Stroud (In Ballater) 
Bob Kinnaird 		Susan Walker (In Ballater) 
Bruce Luffman (In Ballater) 	Ross Watson 
Eleanor Mackintosh 		Bob Wilson 
Anne MacLean 


IN ATTENDANCE: 

Andrew Tait 
Pip Mackie 

APOLOGIES: 

Nonie Coulthard 		Marcus Humphrey 
Lucy Grant 		Willie McKenna 


WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 

1. The Convenor welcomed all present. 

2. Apologies were received from the above Members. 


MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING 

3. The minutes of the previous meeting, 15th December 2006, held at The Ben Mhor 
Hotel, Grantown on Spey were approved subject to an amendment, Gregor 
Rimell was noted as being both present and having given apologies – Gregor 
Rimell confirmed that he had given apologies and did not attend the meeting. 

4. There was some discussion regarding the minutes of private part of the meeting 
taken under AOB (15th December 2006). Clarification was sought by various 
Members whether or not this part of the meeting should have been minuted and 
therefore made public. It was confirmed that no discussion or comments were 
recorded and that only the decision taken and information which was already in 
the public domain was made available in the minutes. 

5. Members requested that a report be brought before the Committee to clarify how 
private meetings should be carried out and recorded. 

6. There was also concern raised that Members were not given sufficient warning of 
the content of the private section of the meeting. Members were advised that the 
CNPA had been constrained by other factors regarding the timescales, however, 
it was confirmed that as the situation could potentially arise again, the procedures 
would be looked at. 

7. There were no matters arising. 


DECLARATION OF INTEREST BY MEMBERS ON ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON 
THE AGENDA 

8. There were no declarations of interest. 


PLANNING APPLICATION CALL-IN DECISIONS 
(Oral Presentation, Andrew Tait) 

9. 06/512/CP - No Call-in 

10.06/513/CP - No Call-in 

11.06/514/CP - The decision was to call-in the application for the following 
reason : 

• The proposal is for the construction of 24 flats on a 
brownfield site in a prominent location close to the southern 
gateway to Aviemore. The proposal raises a range of issues 
including the loss of the commercial use on the site, potential 
visual impacts on a prominent site, affordable housing and 
sustainable design and construction issues. Consequently, 
the proposal raises issues of general significance for the 
collective aims of the Cairngorms National Park. 

12.06/515/CP - No Call-in 

13.06/516/CP - No Call-in 

14.06/517/CP - No Call-in 

15.06/518/CP - No Call-in 

16.06/519/CP - No Call-in 

17.06/520/CP - No Call-in 

18.06/521/CP - No Call-in 

19.06/522/CP - No Call-in 

20.06/523/CP - No Call-in 

21.06/524/CP - No Call-in 

22.06/525/CP - No Call-in 

23.06/526/CP - No Call-in 

24.06/527/CP - No Call-in 

25.06/528/CP -No Call-in 

26.06/529/CP -No Call-in 

27.06/530/CP -No Call-in 

28.06/531/CP -No Call-in 


COMMENTING ON APPLICATIONS NOT CALLED-IN BY THE COMMITTEE 

29.The Members wished to make comments to the Local Authorities on the following 
Planning Application No’s 06/515/CP, 06/516/CP, 06/518/CP, 06/520/CP, 
06/523/CP, 06/525/CP & 06/526/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. 


ANY OTHER BUSINESS 

30.There was no other business. 


DATE OF NEXT MEETING 

69. Friday, 12th January 2007 at The Ben Mhor Hotel, Grantown on Spey. 

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

71.The meeting concluded at 11:15hrs.