I for one will not be buying a ticket to park in the countryside.

If you take these car park charges forward a few years they will increase a lot and every land owner at a nice place will have a car park and a toilet and a charge eg at Loch an Eilen in Glen More £1.50 per person or £15 for a minibus.
People will only go where they feel welcome and relaxed so will go where the community welcomes them by not charging for parking.
I will go North West where I can pull up anywhere and relax a while then go for a coffee without feeling I'm an object for making money.
I also will not be part of who ever controls the car park controls the access this is Scotland not England I want my kids to have a sense of freedom in their country. I would make a donation as I saw appropriate.

£1 for an hour is too much. Given that most of the Bennachie 'users' in the off season are regular dog walkers, you are going to find that they take their pooches elsewhere, if you've got to take your car anyway......park somewhere free and walk the dog. Aberdeenshire is full of wonderful dog-walking places that don't charge for parking. I am expecting a baby in August and was looking forward to taking my baby and dog to the lower paths at Bennachie that are pushchair-friendly, not now, we'll go to Fetternear or the likes. Think this is a bad move which has been met with a negative response by everyone I've talked to about it in Inverurie/Kemnay.

was horrified to find the charges in place! having lived here all my life going up to the back o Bennachie or ESSONS car park was a normal evening for us! My family have lived round the slopes of Bennachie for over 600 years ( 601 to be precise) Bennachie is so iconic in the North East, that to charge to climb a mountain is ridiculous!!! it is a free resource to be enjoyed by all!!!