 Following the 2006 Planning Act and the introduction of the new Local Development Plan (LDP) system, in 2009 a proposal was submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for the inclusion of the Braehead site as part of the first Aberdeenshire LDP.This bid was rejected at the time with the Council noting "As regards Auchattie (Banchory south of the River Dee), this area constitutes a visual asset to Banchory as a whole, which has developed in a traditional low density semirural manner, which any redevelopment would destroy.In consequence of this none of the development bids for this area is preferred".