 During the 6 week public consultation period a record 525 objections were submitted to Aberdeenshire Council.On 7 May 2015, at a meeting of the Marr Area Committee of local Councillors, officials from the Aberdeenshire Planning Department set out 7 'reasons for refusal' for the Braehead application.Local Councillors revised this to 10 reasons for refusal and passed this recommendation on to the full session of Aberdeenshire Council.