Peterhead: Long Term Plan for Towns

We asked

Aberdeenshire Council was asked to support the establishment of a new Peterhead Town Board as part of the Long-term Plan for Town programme from the UK Government. To enable this, Aberdeenshire Council was asked to appoint an independent Chairperson, to support the appointment of Board Members and to act as the Accountable Body for the programme. We asked:

1. For nominations to the role of Chairperson.
2. For nominations to join the Board as a Member.

You said

We received several nominations for the role of Chairperson. We also received more than twenty nominations for Board members.

We did

Appointment of Chairperson:

After a short-listing process involving representatives for the MP for Banff and Buchan, David Duguid, and taking into account the guidance from the UK Government, four candidates were considered by the Buchan Area Committee on 4^th June 2024.

James Buchan DL was appointed to the role of Independent Chair of Peterhead Town Board

Appointment of Interim Peterhead Town Board:

Aberdeenshire Council supported the new Chair to appoint Board members considering the UK Government Guidance and the nominations received.

Fifteen additional members have been invited to form the Interim Board.

• Seamus Logan, MP*
• Karen Adam, MSP
• Cllr Matthew James*
• Cllr Stephen Smith*
• Steven McDonald, Chief Inspector Police Scotland*
• Alan Sneddon
• Steven Donald
• Gary Addison
• Dianne Beagrie
• Karen Day
• Brian McCombie
• Terry Moran
• Linda Hendry
• Rev. James McMillan
• Scott Will

*Board members required by UK Government guidance

Aberdeenshire Council publishes information about the Peterhead Long-Term Plan and Town Board here: Peterhead Long Term Town Plan - Aberdeenshire Council