SNH’s Report to Government on the Ministerial Proposal for a National Park in Cairngorms
The formal Ministerial Proposal to create a National Park in the area of the Cairngorms was made on 19 September 2000.A Requirement under section 3(1) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 was published on the same day requested that SNH consult on this proposal and then report back to the Scottish Parliament. SNH was required to consult on the following matters:
- the case for the park;
- the area of the Park;
- the functions of the Park Authority;
- the membership of the Park of Authority;
- the name of the National Park and other issues considered important by consultees;
- the costs and capital expenses of the Authority .
Following an extensive period of public consultation between 12 December 2000 and 30 April 2001 SNH presented the first of four reports on the proposal for a National Park in the area of the Cairngorms to Ministers on 21 August 2001.
Report 1: The Report on the proposal for a National Park in the
Cairngorms
(Due to the the size of the report and the amount of time that it would take to download, this report has been separated into ten parts which are to be read consecutively)
- Foreword & Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The Consultation Process
- The case for a National Park
- The area of the National Park and its boundary
- The Functions and Powers of the National Park Authority
- The Governing Board of the National Park Authority
- Potential Costs of the National Park Authority
- The Name of the National Park & Future Management Issues
- Annexes
This report contains the conclusions of the Reporter on the key issues
for consideration by Ministers. Additionally it sets out SNH's own views
as statutory advisor on natural heritage issues. An
Executive Summary
Report
is also available.
There are three maps which go along with the report (although you should note that the versions on the web-site are less detailed than those in the printed version of our report):
Map
1: Sub-units used for the assessment exercise
for the proposed Cairngorms National Park
Map 2:
Results of the assessment exercise for the proposed
Cairngorms National Park
Map 3:
Recommended area for the proposed Cairngorms National
Park.
In addition to this report three further supplementary reports have also been made available.
Report 2: An account of the information received during the consultation
exercise
(Due to the the size of the report and the amount of time that it would take to download, this report has been separated into seven parts which are to be read consecutively)
This report contains a summary of all the information we received during the consultation exercise, including written responses and reports of the events and initiatives held throughout Scotland.
- Introduction
- Analysis of the full written responses
- Analysis of the summary-leaflet responses
- The consultation exercise in the local area
- The consultation events in towns and cities
- Events and initiatives for young people
- Special initiatives
Report 3: A description
of the consultation exercise in the local area, concerning the proposed
National Park
This report was produced by the facilitators who were contracted to co-ordinate local aspects of the consultation exercise. It presents an evaluation of the consultation exercise in the Cairngorms area and pointers for how the process could be improved.
Report
4: An independent
assessment of the consultation on the proposed National Park for the Cairngorms
An independent evaluation of the public consultation exercise was undertaken by a post-graduate student at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews. The author is an employee of Parks Canada, the Canadian National Parks Service.
We have now distributed copies of Report 1, Report 2, Report 3 and Report 4 to individuals and organisations who were involved in the consultation exercise. If you would like to request copies, please send your name and address to dominique.brunning@snh.gov.uk (or Scottish Natural Heritage, 17 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1 XE). The other three supplementary reports will be published shortly. We do not propose to send these further reports to all those who responded but we will be making copies available to all partner organisations of the Cairngorms Partnership and to Community Councils and Associations in and around the area. Please contact us at the same address if you would like to receive copies of Reports 2, 3 and 4.
Copies of all of the responses we received and the reports prepared during the consultation exercise are now available for public inspection. Copies are available for viewing by arrangement at the Cairngorms Partnership’s offices, 14 The Square, Grantown-on-Spey, telephone 01479 873 535 or at the following SNH offices:
Ken O’Neil
12 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh, EH9 2AS
0131 446 2277
Dominique Brunning
17 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1XE
01224 642 863
Pat Lumsden
Battleby, Perth, PH1 3EW
01738 444 177
Melissa McCosh,
Achantoul, Aviemore, PH22 1QD
01479 810 477
