Our ref: N:\GIS\requests\planning applications\\20210509\\ APP_2021_1044

Aberdeenshire Council Development Management NESBReC Aberdeenshire Council Woodhill House Westburn Road AB16 5GB 10 May 2021 Tel: 01467 537221 [email protected]

Dear Planning Officer

NESBReC report: Planning Reference APP/2021/1044

NESBReC has provided this report based on the biological data that it holds in the NESBReC database. However, NESBReC is solely the provider of data and cannot advise on individual planning applications. If you wish to comment on any planning application please contact your local planning office at: [email protected] or add your comments to the relevant planning application on the Aberdeenshire Council website.

A list of all the datasets used in the search process can be obtained directly from NESBReC and data can be summarised as designated, non- designated and priority species, sites and habitats.

Results table:

Ref no Data set Interest Locality Grid Ref Proposal APP/2021/1044 Bat records Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Site At NO 14921 Erection of 15 pipistrellus) Kindrochit Court 91326 Dwellinghouses and Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Mar Road Associated pygmaeus) Infrastructure Aberdeenshire Designated UK BAP Species West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) Dark Brocade (Mniotype adusta) Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) SBL S2 Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

Integrated GI0 - improved grassland Habitat GNZ - other neutral grassland System WC1Z - other native pine woodlands Openspace WB35 - upland birch woodland 2008-2009 WB3Z - other broadleaved woodland

Cairngorms National Park

Maps showing all the search results are included below.

Yours sincerely

D Caffrey GIS Project Officer PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING NOTES: 1) NESBReC has provided this report based on the biological data that it holds in the NESBReC database. However, NESBReC is solely the provider of data and cannot advise on individual planning applications. If you wish to comment on any planning application please contact your local planning office at: [email protected] or add your comments to the relevant planning application on the website. 2) Search was done to within 100 metres of the area of interest. This is indicated on the map by a broken line around the site. 3) Search areas or centroids are highlighted in red. 4) The dots on any maps depicting the locations of a species are positioned at the centre of a square representing the resolution of the recorded grid reference. Care should be taken over interpretation 5) Due to the limits of the map display function, all records may not be visible on the species maps. However, all species are listed in the relevant table above the map and a full list of records can be supplied in Excel format. 6) Scientific names are only used to identify species on maps when no common name is in general accepted usage. 7) For maps without a key, the relevant information is provided in the table. 8) The ownership of the data within this report remains with the original recorder and is subject to the laws defining Intellectual Property Copyright. 9) This report and the data held within it are to be used solely for those purposes described under the terms of any agreement between the Planning Authority and NESBReC. 10) Some, or all of the data held within this report may be of a sensitive or confidential nature. Such information will be marked as such and if required an appropriate contact for further correspondence will be given (otherwise NESBReC should be contacted). 11) Although NESBReC makes every possible effort to ensure that the data it provides is accurate and up to date, this report should only be considered to represent the most recent version of each dataset as available at the time of the search. 12) For the purposes of planning reports NESBReC is returning data on Habitat Survey, Protected Species, Invasive Species and Protected Areas data only. 13) NE LBAP Locally Important Species are species that are not on existing designated species lists but have been identified as important in the local context.

For designated species, the following abbreviated sub-headings are used to describe different levels of importance: Protection of Badgers Act (1992) ANNEX 1, 2.1, 2.2 – EC Birds Directive UK BAP - UK BAP list of Priority Species SBL S2 - Scottish Biodiversity List: International Obligations SBL S3 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Nationally Rare at UK level, found in only 1-15 10km squares SBL S4 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Present in 5 or fewer 10km squares or sites in SBL S5 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Decline of 25% or more in Scotland in last 25 years

Note, a species may be designated under several of these lists, but will only be listed under its highest level designation within this report. The ranking order used here is Protection of Badgers Act (1992), ANNEX 1, ANNEX 2.1, UK BAP, ANNEX 2.2, SBL S2-SBL S5. APP/2021/1044 Bat records Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Site At NO 14921 Erection of 15 pipistrellus) Kindrochit Court 91326 Dwellinghouses and Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Mar Road Associated pygmaeus) Braemar Infrastructure Aberdeenshire

NO145914 NO146914 NO149914 NO149914 06/05/1988 18/06/2017 03/06/2020 03/06/2020 Bats Common Pipistrelle Soprano Pipistrelle Common Pipistrelle NO146914 NO146914 22/07/2015 23/06/2015 Common Pipistrelle Common Pipistrelle

NO145913 06/07/2018 Daubenton's Bat NO145913 22/06/2018 Daubenton's Bat

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/1044 Designated UK BAP Site At NO 14921 Erection of 15 Species West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus Kindrochit Court 91326 Dwellinghouses and europaeus) Mar Road Associated Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Braemar Infrastructure Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Aberdeenshire pygmaeus) Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) Dark Brocade (Mniotype adusta) Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) SBL S2 Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

NO145915 NO147915 NO149915 NO149915 NO151915 NO152915 NO152915 13/03/2009 21/04/2016 06/07/2017 04/07/2017 09/11/2016 04/06/2006 09/07/2006 Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Grey Dagger Pale Eggar European Otter Swift Swift NO149915 NO148915 NO149915 07/07/2017 NO152915 16/11/2003 06/07/2017 Garden Tiger NO15179153 16/07/2000 Eurasian Red Squirrel Garden Tiger 25/03/2014 Spotted Flycatcher Eurasian Red Squirrel NO145914 NO146914 NO148914 NO149914 NO150914 NO150914 NO151914 NO152914 06/05/1988 18/06/2017 24/07/2016 04/07/2005 08/05/2000 09/07/2006 10/07/2010 02/06/2005 Bats Common Pipistrelle West European Hedgehog Grey Dagger Swift Swift Swift Dark Brocade NO146914 NO149914 NO150914 NO151914 NO146914 22/07/2015 NO149914 04/07/2005 19/06/2008 19/03/2017 NO1487691441 23/06/2015 Common Pipistrelle 04/07/2005 Grey Dagger Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Common Pipistrelle 19/01/2018 Dark Brocade NO14689137 Eurasian Red Squirrel 07/11/2012 NO145913 Eurasian Red Squirrel NO148913 NO150913 NO151913 NO15199134 06/07/2018 26/05/2006 - 26/05/2006 19/08/2018 11/06/2000 11/06/2019 Dunnock Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Black-headed Gull Swift NO145913 NO150913 NO151913 NO152913 14/07/2016 06/05/2018 29/04/2018 26/05/2016 Double Dart Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Pine Marten

NO148912 NO148912 NO149912 NO152912 NO15009124 06/06/2015 17/12/2000 October 2009 03/09/2015 27/03/2015 Eurasian Red Squirrel Bullfinch Eurasian Red Squirrel West European Hedgehog Eurasian Red Squirrel NO148912 NO150912 06/09/2006 03/04/2008 - 06/04/2008 West European Hedgehog Eurasian Red Squirrel NO15249117 01/07/2016 NO147911 NO147911 NO149911 NO152911 Swift 12/12/2016 12/12/2016 11/05/2008 - 11/05/2008 16/04/2008 NO152911 Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel Eurasian Red Squirrel 25/05/2010 NO149911 Woodcock 10/05/2008 - 10/05/2008 Eurasian Red Squirrel

NO1463891067 NO1456291058 19/10/2009 NO148910 NO148910 19/10/2009 Juniper Juniper 23/04/1998 - 23/04/1998 23/04/1998 Gloeoporus dichrous Gloeoporus dichrous

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/1044 Integrated GI0 - improved grassland Site At NO 14921 Erection of 15 Habitat GNZ - other neutral grassland Kindrochit Court 91326 Dwellinghouses and System WC1Z - other native pine woodlands Mar Road Associated Openspace WB35 - upland birch woodland Braemar Infrastructure 2008-2009 WB3Z - other broadleaved woodland Aberdeenshire

GI0 GI0 GNZ GNZ GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 WB35 WB3Z GI0 GI0 WB35 WB3Z GNZ WB3Z GNZ GNZ GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 GNZ GI0 AR0 GI0 GI0 GI0 WB35 HE2 GI0 GI0 UR0 GI0 GNZ GI0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 WB3Z GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 GI0 AR0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 UR0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 WB3Z GI0 UR0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 UR0 GI0 WC1Z GI0 GI0 GNZ GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 GI0 WB3Z GNZ GNZ WB35 WC1Z WB3Z WC1Z WB3Z UR0 GI0 GI0 GNZ GNZ GI0 GNZ GI0 GNZ GNZ WB35 GNZ WB3Z GI0 UR0 GNZ UR0 WC1Z WB35 GI0

WB35 GNZ GNZ GI0 WB35 AR0 GI0 GNZ GNZ GNZ GI0 GI0 GNZ WB35 GNZ GNZ GNZ WB35 HE2 WB35 GNZ WB3Z UR0 GNZ GA0 GI0

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/1044 Cairngorms Cairngorms National Park Site At NO 14921 Erection of 15 National Park Kindrochit Court 91326 Dwellinghouses and Mar Road Associated Braemar Infrastructure Aberdeenshire

Cairngorms

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021