Cairngorms National Park Authority planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Cairngorms National Park Authority decided more than 350 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 9% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 11 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Cairngorms National Park Authority’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Figures for Cairngorms National Park Authority
| Applications decided | more than 350 |
|---|---|
| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 9%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 11 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 5 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | Too few appeals |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 27plan adopted 2021 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.