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Originally Posted by Tormentil  I thought the application had been turned down. |
Well the council rejected it, but the Scottish Government have decided in their wisdom that it's far too important to the Scottish economy to be decided by the council (the votes cast were 7 to 7 so the final decision went to the head honcho) so they are now reconsidering it. Very unusual as an applicant usually has to lodge an appeal before the Government gets involved, and Trump has not done this and has simply said you have 30 days to decide (i.e. grant permission) or I'll build my resort over in Northern Ireland! Talk about having the government by the short and curlies!!!
I think it's disgusting that such an important area would even be considered as a good place to build an elitist village and golf course. Yes, it would bring some jobs to the local community and provide an injection of cash to our economy but once a site like this is gone...it's gone, and it opens the floodgates for other developers to do the same elsewhere. RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage have offered to liaise with Trump to come up with an alternative scheme which will not affect local wildlife but he's said 'no compromise'!
