Town Centre Health Checks
Published: 11 December 2025Last Updated: 19 March 2026
Town Centre Health Checks look at the factors that help a town centre stay successful. They help us understand how lively, active, and resilient each town centre is.
The reports share the findings from these health checks. They don't provide a final judgement on the overall wellbeing of a town centre. Instead, they offer evidence that lets us compare places and identify actions that could help improve or maintain their condition.
Town Centre Health Checks are done annually for the 9 main towns in Aberdeenshire:
- Banchory
- Banff
- Ellon
- Fraserburgh
- Huntly
- Inverurie
- Peterhead
- Stonehaven
- Turriff
In 2024 Town Centre Health Checks were completed for the following towns:
- Aboyne
- Alford
- Insch
- Kemnay
- Kintore
- Laurencekirk
- Mintlaw
- Newmachar
- Oldmeldrum
- Portlethen
- Portsoy
- Westhill
View completed health checks:
- Town Centre Health Checks 2025
- Town Centre Health Checks 2024
- Town Centre Health Checks 2023
- Town Centre Health Checks 2022
- Town Centre Health Checks 2021
- Town Centre Health Checks 2015 (PDF 3.18MB)
- Town Centre Health Checks 2013 (PDF 223KB)
- Town Centre Health Checks 2011 (PDF 216KB)
- Town Centre Health Checks 2009 (PDF 387KB)