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Agenda Item 7 Appendix 1 2020/0254/Det Plans CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY Planning Committee Agenda Item 7 Appendix 1 26/02/2021 AGENDA ITEM 7 APPENDIX 1 2020/0254/DET PLANS IMPORTANT: All Intellectual Property Rights are retained by the Architect. This document should not be relied upon or used in circumstances other than maintainance those for which it was originally prepared and for which it was commissioned. track No responsibility will be accepted for this document to any party other than the by whom it was commissioned. Do NOT scale from this drawing. D Use figured dimesnions only. E All dimensions andP leveLls mAust beN checkNed onI sitNe priorG to commencing works. Amendments: path If in doubt ask... maintainance track Butcharts T-bar A93 maintainance track Butcharts Access A93 Poma location of OS extract Glenshee Carn Aosda Ski Centre T-bar A93 2 E IR W IP Z A93 north to Braemar Z I P W I R E 3 Plastic Poma Dink Dink Poma maintainance track Cairnwell Café B Snowfactory Baddoch Chairlift C staff & disabled car park maintainance track Proposed Chairlift Glenshee Ski Centre Cairnwell T-bar Café Sunnyside A93 Poma 1 & 2 Cairnwell (aka Tiger) Chairlift Z FINISH Sunnyside I P W Chairlift I R E F 1 main car park maintainance track START A car park A93 car south park to Blairgowrie north KEY maintainance Proposed site boundary track Watercourse Existing infrastructure Area of previous ecological survey Client: A Photograph: refer to drawing PL02 Glenshee Limited Project: Proposed Zipwire Safari at Glenshee Ski Centre Serial number: 194645 © Crown copyright and database right 2020 Drawing Title: Ordnance Survey licence 100048957 Location Plan Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior permission of Ordnance Survey mast The Cairnwell Scale: Date: LOCATION PLAN 1:1250 933m As indicated @ A0 October 2020 Project: Number: Revision: 0 10 20 30 40 50 100m 126 PL 01 - Images copyright of IMPORTANT: The Cairnwell All Intellectual Property Rights are retained by the Architect. 933m Technical Outdoor Solutions This document should not be relied upon or used in circumstances other than Zipwire Safari those for which it was originally prepared and for which it was commissioned. start No responsibility will be accepted for this document to any party other than the by whom it was commissioned. Zipwire 1 Zipwire 1 landing Zipwire 1 platform Zipwire 2 platform Do NOT scale from this drawing. Use figured dimesnions only. All dimensions andP leveLls mAust beN checkNed onI sitNe priorG to commencing works. Amendments: If in doubt ask... Cairnwell Zipwire 2 Butcharts Chairlift Cairnwell T-bar T-bar Claybokie Poma Zipwire 2 landing Carn Aosda T-bar Zipwire 3 platform Zipwire 3 Butcharts Access Poma Zipwire 3 landing Plastic Poma existing maintenance tracks Baddoch Chairlift Glenshee Ski Centre Café A93 main car park beginner snowsports area Visualisation of Zipwire Safari: Overview of proposal Carn Aosda The Cairnwell Zipwire Safari 917m 933m start Zipwire 1 Zipwire 1 platform Butcharts Zipwire 1 landing Zipwire 2 landing Access Poma Zipwire 3 platform Zipwire 2 platform Butcharts Cairnwell T-bar Zipwire 2 Carn Aosda T- Chairlift bar Cairnwell T-bar Zipwire Safari Zipwire 1 finish Claybokie Poma Zipwire 3 landing Zipwire 3 main Cairnwell Zipwire 1 platform Zipwire 2 T-bar car park Zipwire 3 Plastic A93 Poma Carn Aosda T- Zipwire 3 platform bar Claybokie Poma Butcharts Access Poma Zipwire 2 landing Visualisation of Zipwire Safari: Start (Zipwire 1 platform) Visualisation of Zipwire Safari: Zipwire 2 landing & Zipwire 3 platform The Cairnwell 933m Zipwire Safari Zipwire 2 landing start Zipwire 3 platform Carn Aosda Zipwire 1 landing T-bar Zipwire 1 Zipwire 2 platform Zipwire 1 platform Cairnwell Zipwire 2 Chairlift Zipwire Safari Cairnwell Zipwire 3 Butcharts Zipwire 3 finish T-bar Access Poma Claybokie Poma A93 Zipwire 1 Zipwire 3 landing Baddoch Client: Zipwire 2 platform Chairlift Cairnwell Glenshee Limited T-bar Project: Zipwire 1 landing Proposed Zipwire Safari at Glenshee Ski Centre Drawing Title: staff and disabled car Visualisations park Scale: Date: NTS @ A1 October 2020 Visualisation of Zipwire Safari: Zipwire 1 landing & Zipwire 2 platform Visualisation of Zipwire Safari: Zipwire 3 landing Project: Number: Revision: 126 PL 04 -.
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