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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · National park authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for The Cairngorms National Park. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
99 approved · 7 refused · 25 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 2020 to 17 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Glenwood Main Street Tomintoul Moray AB37 9EX
Received 18 Aug 2021Land 225M SE Of The Lade Cromdale
Received 16 Aug 2021Plot 2 Land 60M East Of Larchfield Cottage Insh Kingussie
Received 17 Aug 2021Plot 1 Land To East Of Larchfield Cottage Insh Kingussie
Received 17 Aug 2021The Old Smiddy Ford Road Blair Atholl Perth And Kinross PH18 5SG
Received 17 Aug 2021Kinveachy Lodge Boat Of Garten Highland PH24 3BT
Received 12 Aug 2021Land 105M NE Of Dorran Cottage Laggan
Received 11 Aug 2021Residential Accommodation Mount Barker Seafield Avenue Grantown-on-spey Highland PH26 3JF
Received 14 Aug 2021Pinetrees Drumuillie Road Boat Of Garten Highland PH24 3BD
Received 17 Aug 2021Coire Cas Car Park Cairngorm Mountain Glenmore Aviemore Highland
Received 4 Aug 2021Coire Cas Car Park Cairngorm Mountain Glenmore Aviemore Highland
Received 20 Aug 2021Site Adjoining The A939 To The North Of Wester Tornahaish Corgarff Strathdon Aberdeenshire
Received 27 Aug 2021Horse Field To North Of Scandinavian Village The Aviemore Centre Grampian Road Aviemore Highland
Received 24 Aug 2021Easter Tombain Braes Of Castle Grant Grantown-on-spey Highland PH26 3PT
Received 23 Aug 2021Kinmont 1 Dunstaffnage Brae Grantown-on-spey Highland PH26 3JS
Received 19 Aug 2021Waste Water Treatment Works Dalwhinnie Highland
Received 27 Aug 2021Forest Lodge Nethy Bridge Highland PH25 3EF
Received 30 Aug 2021Our Lady Chapel St Michaels Centre Main Street Tomintoul Moray AB37 9EX
Received 8 Sept 2021Land North Of Blair House Glenshee
Received 6 Sept 2021Beckside Mill Lane Nethy Bridge Highland PH25 3EQ
Received 1 Sept 2021Old Stable House The Brae Kincraig Kingussie PH21 1QD
Received 3 Sept 2021Land 35M South Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan
Received 7 Sept 20217 Auchroisk Road Cromdale Grantown-on-spey Highland
Received 7 Sept 2021Coylumbridge Hotel Coylumbridge Aviemore Highland PH22 1QN
Received 8 Sept 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for The Cairngorms National Park, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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