People Objectives

B7. Community-led planning and development

Community-led planning has been at the heart of the Cairngorms National Park since it began in 2003 and many rounds of community action planning have been undertaken since, leading to significant changes in all the communities of the National Park.

Image of community consultation in Aviemore. Photo by Ross Elder.There is a need to support communities through local community funding and this was previously delivered through the EU-funded LEADER programme. We want to ensure that the aspirations of communities are met, community resilience is enhanced and that a community development fund appropriate for the National Park is developed and in place during this plan period.

Key Objectives and targets

Communities have up-to-date community action plans and are supported by a community-led local development funding programme, delivering the National Park Partnership Plan.

  • All communities have community action plans in place that are no more than five years old.
  • A new scheme is in place to deliver funding for communities, at least equivalent to the old LEADER programme.

Voluntary Action in Badenoch and Strathspey, Cairngorms Trust, development trusts, Marr Area Partnership.

Facts

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of our economy and 43% of jobs in the area are connected to tourism
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growth is expected in the population of the Park by 2043, taking the resident population to around 20,000