Plans have been unveiled to build 1,500 residential units in Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park.

The An Camas Mòr scheme secured Planning Permission in Principle in March 2014.

As well as new residential units, other features include new business and community facilities as well as the necessary infrastructure.

However, the plans are now back before the Planning Committee as members are considering an application to change planning condition 1 – which restricts development to 630 new homes until a review of the impact the development is having on the landscape and ecology is completed.

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The applicant is seeking to change the wording of the condition to incorporate a more phased approach to development.

Gavin Miles, Head of Planning and Communities at the Cairngorms National Park Authority, said: "Having assessed the Section 42 application, we are recommending that our Planning Committee approve it subject to appropriate conditions. There have been no significant changes to policy or circumstances since the Planning Permission in Principle was granted in 2014, though we have better information on the potential impacts of people living in the new development on European Protected Sites and capercaillie.

"We consider the changes proposed by the applicant to be acceptable but are recommending a suite of conditions and other measures that will manage the development and require the applicant to prove there will not be any adverse effects to capercaillie in Badenoch and Strathspey as a result of the proposals before any development can start."

(LM)