Background
Prior to 1974, the area that was to become Banff and Buchan, was split between two counties – the County of Banff and the County of Aberdeen. Within that were five of the 11 burghs of the County of Banff (Aberchirder, Banff, Fraserburgh, Macduff and Portsoy) and two of the 10 burghs of the County of Aberdeen (Peterhead, Rosehearty and Turriff). These were all small burghs so the burgh council had limited powers which included some control over planning as well as local taxation, building control, housing, lighting and drainage with the rest of the local government responsibility falling to the county council. [2]
Following the recommendations in the Wheatly Report, the old system of counties and burghs – which had resulted in a mishmash of local government areas in which some small burghs had larger populations but far fewer responsibilities than some large burghs and even counties [2] – was to be replaced by a new system of regional and district councils. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 implemented most of the recommendations in the Wheatly Report. The northeastern part of the County of Baff which included the five burghs was combined with the northern part of the County of Abrdeen and was placed into the Banff and Buchan district within the Grampian region. [2] [3]
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