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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY

MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
held at Lonach Hall, Strathdon,
on 30th October 2009 at 10.30am

PRESENT
Stuart Black 
Eleanor Mackintosh
Geva Blackett 
an Mackintosh
Duncan Bryden
Anne McLean
Dave Fallows 
Alastair MacLennan
Lucy Grant 
Fiona Murdoch
David Green 
Gregor Rimell
Drew Hendry 
Richard Stroud
Marcus Humphrey 
Susan Walker
Willie McKenna

IN ATTENDANCE:
Bill Stewart 
Derek Manson
Julie Millman

APOLOGIES:
Peter Argyle 
Eric Baird
Jaci Douglas 
Bob Kinnaird
Mary McCafferty 
Andrew Rafferty

AGENDA ITEMS 1 & 2:
WELCOME AND APOLOGIES

1. The Convenor welcomed all present and ran through the domestics covering fire alarm
procedures, etc.
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, 16 October 2009, held at Albert Memorial Hall,
Ballater were approved subject to amendment as follows. Page 5 below Item 36,
declaration of interest should be placed immediately prior to Item 31. Page 9, Agenda
Item 11, amend the word FEE in the title to FEED, and Item 67(c) the word portal
changed to porta-loo.
4. There were no matters arising.

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

5. Stuart Black declared an indirect interest in Planning Application No. 09/329/CP, family
member employment

AGENDA ITEM 5:
PLANNING APPLICATION CALL-IN DECISIONS
(Oral Presentation, Derek Manson)
6. 09/327/CP - No Call-in
7. 09/328/CP - 		The decision was to call-in the application for the following reason :
			• The application seeks to vary a condition relating to the window
			type that the CNPA applied to an earlier consent. The proposal
			raises issues in relation to the interests of visual amenity and as
			the CNPA determined the earlier consent the application is
			considered to be of linked general significance to the collective
			aims of the National Park.
8. 09/329/CP - No Call-in
9. 09/330/CP - No Call-in
10. 09/331/CP - No Call-in
11. 09/332/CP - No Call-in
12. 09/333/CP - No Call-in
13. 09/334/CP - No Call-in
14. 09/335/CP - No Call-in
15. 09/336/CP - No Call-in
16. 09/337/CP - No Call-in
17. 09/338/CP - 		The decision was to call-in the application for the following reason :
			• The application is for planning permission in principle for mixed
			affordable housing and retail development, access and parking and
			the demolition of an existing house. The proposed development is
			on a site within the commercial core of Aviemore with a number
			of trees proposed to be felled. The application raises issues in
			relation to affordable housing, impact on trees and built heritage
			and the general economic and social redevelopment of the centre
			of Aviemore. As such, the proposal is considered to raise issues of
			general significance to the collective aims of the National Park
18. 09/339/CP - 		The decision was to call-in the application for the following reason :
			• The proposal is for the erection of a caretakers house in a
			Restricted Countryside Policy Area where there are general
			restrictions on residential development unless there is a
			demonstrable justification. The site is also on the boundary of a
			Public Right of Way and lies within a National Scenic Area. The
			development therefore raises issues in relation to housing in the
			countryside policy, cumulative impact of housing in the
			countryside, precedent, visual and landscape impacts and design
			and impacts on formal recreational access. As such, the proposal
			is considered to raise issues of general significance to the
			collective aims of the National Park.
19. 09/340/CP - No Call-in
COMMENTING ON APPLICATIONS NOT CALLED-IN BY THE COMMITTEE

20. The Members wished to make comments to the Local Authorities on the following
Planning Application No’s 09/327/CP, 09/333/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

21. At the request of the Convenor, Bill Stewart informed Committee that the appeal
decision had been received that morning on Planning Application 08/184/CP, Land 150m
South of St Vincents Hospital, Gynack Road, Kingussie which was refused by CNPA on
28 November 2008. The Scottish Government decision was to grant planning
permission subject to 5 conditions but to decline a claim for expenses by the applicant as
it was deemed the CNPA had not acted in an unreasonable manner. Bill Stewart
summarised the conditions and agreed to send a copy of the conditions to the Members
by email.
22. The Convenor commented that although it was not the outcome CNPA hoped for, a lot
of positives could be taken from it as the conditions made by the Reporter had covered
a lot of the Members’ concerns.

AGENDA ITEM 7:
DATE OF NEXT MEETING

23. Friday, 13th November 2009 at 10.30am
24. Committee Members are requested to ensure that any Apologies for this meeting are
submitted to the Planning Office in Ballater.
25. The meeting concluded at 10:55hrs.

END