Whitehills is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies three miles (five kilometres) west of Banff on the Moray Firth.

This has developed like other Moray Firth fishing villages, with small houses clustered around each other with gable ends facing the sea.

The exteriors are painted a variety of colours; gable ends face the sea and there is extensive use of rybats and edge detailing as well as distinctive white grouting between granite blocks.

The village's exposed location, sea views and unique character, mean that new development is unavoidably obvious.

Further expansion to the south west is likely to most favoured by developers, but this should maintain principles of good layout and sympathetic siting in order to avoid the sprawl of the village.