A decision on a controversial Buchan housing scheme will finally be made next week.
Scotia Homes wants to build 26 homes at Inverugie Meadows, Peterhead, but neighbours have objected amid fears the buildings would loom over their properties.
They are concerned their homes would be left in the shadows and that they will lose their privacy.
However, planning chiefs are backing the scheme. Councillors will visit the site before making a decision at Tuesday’s Buchan area committee.
In his report Stephen Archer, the council’s director of infrastructure services, said concerns from nearby neighbours were not enough to block the development.
He added: “It is not considered the proposed dwellings would raise significant issues of overshadowing or overbearing.
“It is acknowledged that a level of shadowing would occur during the winter months however this is not deemed un-ordinary within a housing scheme nor unacceptable.”
Nine letters of objection were submitted to the planning service about the homes.
In one, Graham Stephen, who lives behind the site, said his household “strongly” objected.
“The site is behind our home and is on an elevated piece of ground. If built, the proposed two-storey houses will be overpowering and will compromise our privacy.
“We would urge Aberdeenshire Council to reject the proposal.”
In another, Steven Harris, who also lives nearby, said: “The degree of overlook and impact on my privacy is unnecessary, excessive and wholly unacceptable.”
Neighbour Jacqueline Stephen added that she had lived in the area for six years and was “assured” that any homes built nearby would not intrude on her privacy.
“The new two-storey houses will be far too overpowering,” she said.
“Our family put great thought into purchasing our home, taking everything into account.
“We believe that building these new house types is an invasion of our privacy, as our living room, dining room and bedrooms
are all at the rear of our property.”