#City & Town Planning
Target:
Cairngorm National Park Authority Planning Department
Region:
United Kingdom
Website:
www.eplanningcnpa.co.uk

When Davall Developments originally presented Kingussie residents with plans for their new "up to 300 houses" development these plans fully adhered to the terms and conditions laid down by the Cairngorms National Park Authority.

This included a new access road from the A86 and a promise to local residents adjacent to the development that their peace and safety would NOT be compromised by an increase in traffic accessing the new development via the Dunbarry Road network. They held a “consultation” in 2009 to collect feedback from residents using these original plans, and residents were reassured, both by the plans presented and verbally by the developers representatives, that NO VEHICULAR ACCESS would be allowed via this road, barring emergency services. These ORIGINAL plans were used to gain outline planning permission from the CNPA for this development, and this original feedback was taken into account based on residents belief that Dunbarry would be safe from an increase in traffic.

Since then, Davall have significantly altered their original plans - based on their own commissioned assessments that include statements such as “Dunbarry Road would currently be classed as a General Access Road which under council guidelines can serve up to 200 houses. Currently from its junction with East Terrace Dunbarry Road / Terrace it serves around 100 houses. By this criteria, the Road could serve a further 100 houses provided some upgrades are made to the Road / footpaths.” The fact is that NOT COUNTING residences accessed from this named junction, Dunbarry serves 120 houses. As local residents are fully aware, the majority of access to Cluny & Dallas Terrace, Campbell Crescent and Garraline Terrace is through this junction (adding a further 80 houses approximately) and this also fails to take into account all houses in Lower Garroline, James Court & the Dunbarry Road off-cut to the right - serving Tree Tops and Woodside amongst others). This suggests that the facts have been “cherry-picked” to suit the assessments currently being used to support the REVISED plan that is now lodged with the CNPA planners.

I believe that as experienced developers, Davall would have FULLY COSTED their proposals (including the A86 access road) for their financial feasibility before submitting the plans used to gain outline planning approval. To NOW claim that building this promised road is “not cost-effective” and the cost of providing this road is “prohibitive” logically leads me to believe one of two things:

Davall has had a change in financial circumstances which is preventing them from making a full commitment to completing this development in it's entirety, suggesting we will be at risk of NEVER having the promised access road from the A86, and must consider the possibility that the entire development will eventually be accessed through the Dunbarry Road network

OR

Davall never intended to provide this road in the first place, and it was merely used as a ploy to gain outline planning permission/influence residents feedback then amend their plans at a later date.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KINGUSSIE GAIN A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN, NOT PURELY TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPERS.

If you believe this too, please add your name to this petition to show your support. To make a stronger statement of belief, please register your objections to the removal of Condition 4 based on “the resulting increase in traffic and associated dangers it presents by opening Dunbarry Road up to the new proposed development” to the CNPA planning department at planning@cairngorms.co.uk using ref 2013/0058/MSC. Together we can ensure that we are treated fairly.

We, the undersigned, would like to call on the CNPA planners to RETAIN Condition 4 of the terms and conditions attached to the Kingussie "up to 300" development.

We WANT the new access road to be built from the A86 as originally promised by the developers.

We DO NOT WANT extra traffic calming measures, with the associated risks that an increase of traffic on Dunbarry Road would present to our children's safety.

Please ensure that the access road is built and FINISHED by Davall Developments and prevent the possibility of Dunbarry Road being opened up to the entire development.

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The Kingussie Development should benefit KINGUSSIE, not just the developers petition to Cairngorm National Park Authority Planning Department was written by Pippa Hadley and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.