Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 10
The wider policy
landscape
There have been significant changes
in the policy landscape since the last
Partnership Plan was published in 2017.
A climate emergency and nature crisis
have been declared. The UK has left
the European Union and its policy
framework, and the Covid-19
pandemic – and our collective need to
recover from its impacts – is at the
forefront of policy discussion. There is
also a deepening cost-of-living crisis
and a desire to move to an economy
that works for everyone, with the
wellbeing of our citizens at its heart.
The Cairngorms National Park also has a
significant role to play in delivering the policy
ambitions of Scottish Government. This is focused
on Scotland being a place to innovate, trial new
ways of thinking and show ambition to tackle the
key challenges of our time. The National Park has
done this in the past on issues like windfarm or
hilltrack policy, on increasing the percentage of
affordable housing up to 45% in certain
villages and towns, and pursuing ambitious
projects like Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030.
This National Park Partnership Plan looks to
promote the National Park as a place to
trial solutions to some of the most pressing
issues facing Scotland as a whole.
National policy framework
As a whole, this Partnership Plan is guided by
Scottish Government’s National Performance
Framework and by the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. The documents listed
on the page opposite are the key national
policy documents that underpin the approach
taken in this plan.
Image of a Scots pine by Rachel Keenan
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