Cairngorms National Park Local Plan
The Cairngorms National Park Authority is currently developing a new Local Plan to cover the Cairngorms National Park area. The Local Plan will eventually replace the current local plans covering the four local authority areas within the Park: Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland and Moray. It will set out detailed planning policies to guide development in the Park over the coming years and all planning applications within the Park will need to relate to the Cairngorms National Park Local Plan.
The Plan and its policies will play a key role in collectively delivering the four aims of the Cairngorms National Park. It will help protect the outstanding natural and cultural heritage of the Park from harmful development. It will support new development needed for the Park’s communities by identifying sufficient land in the right places. It aims to address the lack of housing, particularly affordable housing, and it will ensure that all new development is of the highest quality in terms of design and sustainability.
The Local Plan will deliver in the following three key areas:
- Conserving and Enhancing the Cairngorms National Park
- Living and Working in the Cairngorms National Park
- Enjoying and Understanding the Cairngorms National Park
Although separate to the Cairngorms National Park Plan which sets out the Park’s short and long-term future, the Local Plan will be one of the key tools in delivering the Cairngorms National Park Plan’s objectives for development and land use.
Inquiry Documents
- Local Plan FAQs
- Final objections to the Local Plan
- Objectors - alphabetically
- Objectors - by number
- Objectors - by policy settlement
- Detailed Inquiry Timetable - schedule for objectors
- Inquiry - key dates
- Officer proposed post inquiry modifications
- List of Core Documents
- Ballater H1 - Report to CNPA on Residential Capacity
- Documents provided by the CNPA as a result of issues arising from the hearing sessions
Local Plan Inquiry - May 2009
The Local Plan was placed on deposit in July 2007. Following the close of the periods of consultation on the first and second modifications, the responses were analysed and the finding reported to the Cairngorms National Park Authority board in February 2009. A Local Plan Inquiry was held from Monday 18 May to Thursday 4 June to resolve outstanding issues and objections.
For more information on the Local Plan Inquiry, please click here.
Development Plan Scheme
The Cairngorms National Park Authority intends to start working on the new replacement Local Plan – which will be called the Local Development Plan – in September 2009. The Development Plan Scheme outlines how the CNPA will prepare the new Local Development Plan, and it includes the publication of a timetable and shows how the public will be encouraged to engage fully with the process. Please click here to read the Development Plan Scheme.
For further information, please contact the planning team at:
Cairngorms National Park Authority
Albert Memorial Hall
Station Square
Ballater
AB35 5QB
Tel: 013397 53601
Email: planning@cairngorms.co.uk
Fax: 013397 55334