Heating and cooling survey

We are currently working on the preparation of our next Local Development Plan and we need your help. 

Alongside Scottish Government’s National Planning Framework 4, the plan will set out the rules for development within the National Park. This includes how much new housing needs to be built and where and which areas need to be protected from development.  

We want to hear your views on matters relating to heat networks in the National Park, including information on existing networks and the potential for new ones. Please click to read the below document before completing the survey. 

If you would like to email us your response directly, please send it to [email protected] 

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Heating and cooling

Heating and cooling - Engagement version

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This document contains an engagement version regarding heating and cooling for November 2024, including requirements from the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, with links to various evidence sources such as the National Park (Scotland) Act 2000, National Planning Framework 4, and the Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022. It also covers policies like the Energy Efficient Scotland program, the Heat in Buildings Strategy, and the Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan. The document outlines the National Park's aims and objectives in relation to sustainable energy use, decarbonisation, and climate change commitments, including supporting community action plans for energy efficiency and investigating renewable energy sources, while recognising there are a number of homes without central heating. The document highlights existing and proposed heat networks, local heat and energy efficiency strategies, and potential opportunities for heat network development, including the use of greenspaces for ground source heat.

Please be aware that this summary has been generated using AI.

Your input will help shape our approach and ensure that our next Local Development Plan reflects the priorities of the people who live and work in the National Park. If for some reason we can’t adopt changes you’ve suggested, your comment will be referred to a Reporter in the Scottish Government Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals in 2025 and you may be asked to provide more information to support your position. 

The deadline for responses to this survey is Monday 6 January. 

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