 Following the adoption of the first Aberdeenshire LDP (2012), Aberdeenshire Council once again began accepting bid sites in order to prepare the succeeding development plan (2016 LDP).In 2013, as part of this process, Sandlaw Farming submitted a bid for a 230 home development on part of the Braehead site.Again this bid was not accepted, the Council noted "this site along with those proposed around Auchattie nearby ‘would result in a major intrusion of development into the countryside south of the River Dee…the view from Scolty Hill…would be significantly affected by these developments.