Whether the #9.4 million limit on the amount of public money which Highlands and Islands Enterprise is authorised to spend on the Cairn Gor…

Answered Asked by Mike Rumbles LD Lodged 7 Sep 2001

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the #9.4 million limit on the amount of public money which Highlands and Islands Enterprise is authorised to spend on the Cairn Gorm funicular railway is breached by Highlands and Islands Enterprise's undertaking in the agreement under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1987 (former section 50) that it may choose to dismantle and remove the funicular and buildings and reinstate the site and, if so, whether Highlands and Islands Enterprise will be directed to remove this undertaking from the agreement.

The answer

Answered by Wendy Alexander on 20 Sep 2001 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

Any variation on the agreement under the terms of section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act as it applies to the Cairn Gorm funicular railway are a matter of discussion between Highlands and Islands Enterprise, CairnGorm Mountain (formerly Cairngorm Chairlift Company Ltd), Scottish Natural Heritage and Highland Council.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-17978 by reference.