Tag: CNPA

May 13, 2022 Alan Brattey 6 comments

Following the end of the 2021/22 Snowsports season, Cairngorm Mountain Scotland Ltd (CMSL), the company owned and controlled by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, has reimposed mandatory parking charges for the Coire Cas car park. The only difference from before being that the charge has been increased by no less than 50%. Customers’ reaction can be…

May 12, 2022 Nick Kempe No comments exist

Who can stand? Following my post Democracy and voting systems – the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park local member elections I was pleased to see earlier this week that the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority (LLTNPA) amended the erroneous information they had posted on their website which suggested only local residents could…

May 5, 2022 Nick Kempe 5 comments

Following the online protest organised by the Grampian Moorland Group against the National Park Partnership Plan (see here), Scotland’s “Regional Moorland Groups” have been putting a glossy leaflet through the door of every household in the Cairngorms National Park.  The Moorland Groups are shadowy organisations (see here) that do not declare their membership so it…

April 20, 2022 Nick Kempe 4 comments

Today the Grampian Moorland Group have been mounting an online protest (see here) against the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA)’s proposals to reduce the numbers of red deer in the National Park from around 11 to 5- 8 per square kilometre.  The protest is backed by the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) (see here) and Scottish…

April 5, 2022 Nick Kempe 6 comments

I am just back from a week ski touring in the Dolomites, a holiday delayed for two years because of Covid. I was last in the area four and a half years ago, after which I wrote a number of posts comparing land and tourism management in the Dolomites, which was declared a World Heritage…

March 8, 2022 Nick Kempe 1 comment

On 25th February Forestry and Land Scotland and Forestry England issued a joint news release (see here) announcing that they had acquired the Camping and Caravanning Club (CCC)’s majority stake in Camping in the Forest (CITF) which manages three campsites in prime locations in Scotland’s National Parks: at Glenmore in the Cairngorms; Cashel on Loch…

March 4, 2022 Nick Kempe 5 comments

The planning application for the Carn an Fhreiceadain radio mast Following my post in October on the proposal by the Pitmain Estate to erect a 6m high radio mast  on the summit of Carn an Fhreiceadain, just outside the Cairngorms National Park boundary (see here), a number of people and organisations (including North East Mountain…

February 13, 2022 Nick Kempe 7 comments

On 15th April 2021 the Balavil estate submitted a prior notification (see here) to Highland Council to create 2.6km of new forestry “tracks” around Creagbui, 3km northwest of Kingussie and north of the A9.  This is the seventh planning application/prior notification for new roads on Balavil in the last six years.  The Cairngorms National Park…

February 6, 2022 Nick Kempe 3 comments

Following my post on Fires, hypocrisy and access rights I was alerted that Highland Council, rather than fulfilling their statutory duty to uphold access rights, had themselves been putting up “No Fires” signs. These signs are contrary to the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC) which was approved by the Scottish Parliament: The meaning of “Wherever…

January 12, 2022 Nick Kempe 6 comments

I have not so far blogged on the long-awaited (see here) masterplan for Cairn Gorm which Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) published last June (see here).  Subtitled “Unlocking the potential of the Cairngorm Mountain Estate”, the masterplan is a vague and poorly drafted document:  the operator, Cairngorm Mountain Scotland Ltd (CMSL) is to explore “options…

January 8, 2022 Nick Kempe 7 comments

On 28th December Cairngorm Mountain Scotland Ltd (CMSL) issued this sledging policy on their website and a similar statement on their facebook page. It epitomises everything that is wrong with the current management Cairn Gorm and is unlawful. The statement appeared to have prompted by the bedlam at the patch of snow that has been…