Trump off - petition against his proposed development on SSI near Aberdeen

[Perry Grin]

BBC NEWS | Scotland | North East/N Isles | Ministers to decide Trump plans

According to this news article the Scottish Parliament is considering overturning the local councils decision to reject planning permission for Trump to build a large golf course/hotel/residential comples on land including the SSI at Menie, Aberdeenshire.

Please add your name to the Downing Street petition below to stop develpoment on this land

Petition to: back SNH and stop Donald Trump from building a golf course in Aberdeenshire that will damage a SSSI and one of the top 5 dune sites in the UK.

Thanks in advance

[buteo_buteo]

I'm confused why this is a Downing Street petition, considering the planning process is a devolved matter. Can anyone enlighten me?

FWIW I agree the wig wearing billionaire should not be allowed to build his golf resort on the current proposed site

[naturelover]

have signed.

[Tormentil]

I thought the application had been turned down.

[buteo_buteo]

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'!

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

I've been following this story from the start and have been amazed that it has got this far. For the Scottish government to now get involved is stupid. How much money will all the enquiries cost and for what reason, just so one man can build on his greed. When will they ever learn. Never I guess.
I have signed.

BWD

[MikefromNEaberdeen]

Hi, I have a number of questions for the enraged few.


How often do you currently access this historic Sand dune?

Where were you when they built 3 landfills in the very near vicinity?

What is the problem with a huge green thing being grown north of Balmedie?
ie grass, bushes, scrub, water features for birds to drink out of etc


Having seen the number of votes cast FOR the proposed development on the government petition/in local papers/in local opinion polls. It does seem a rather nice example of Direct democracy.

Direct democracy is a political system where the citizens participate in the decision making personally, contrary to relying on intermediaries or representatives.

Please feel free to visit the other historic Sand dune outside my house as I never see anything on it but a few seagulls.

Bring on the bulldozers....

[rainmaker]

[Here fishy fishy....]

Mike (or should that be Don? ), the most annoying thing for those of us who live NOWHERE NEAR the Aberdeenshire dunes is that those sorts of things DO exist near-ish to most of us in different parts of the country - and if one can be "destroyed" for commercial gain, so can all the others.

The biggest bugbear - if the whole world is about to implode due to global climate change, and the government keeps harping on about trying to save the planet, why is it even being considered? Period?

[buteo_buteo]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

[Here fishy fishy....]

Mike (or should that be Don? ), the most annoying thing for those of us who live NOWHERE NEAR the Aberdeenshire dunes is that those sorts of things DO exist near-ish to most of us in different parts of the country - and if one can be "destroyed" for commercial gain, so can all the others.

The biggest bugbear - if the whole world is about to implode due to global climate change, and the government keeps harping on about trying to save the planet, why is it even being considered? Period?

Yes, it's not about the site in particular, it's about big business thinking they can destroy areas of natural beauty and replace them with a development which can only be used by people who have enough money to be members/residents/holidaymakers. This affects everyone in the country, as it could be our backyard next

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

It's strange how some people think they can do what they like. Here's a snippet from an article from March. The link to the complete article is below

Mr Trump, speaking on his website, said: "I have been actively looking for links land in Europe for the past few years.
"Of course my preference was Scotland over any other country because I am half Scottish - my mother, Mary MacLeod, is from Stornoway.
"When I saw this piece of land I was overwhelmed by the imposing dunes and rugged Aberdeenshire coastline. I knew that this was the perfect site for Trump International, Scotland.
"I have never seen such an unspoilt and dramatic sea side landscape and the location makes it perfect for our development.

So why does he seem to think he has the right to ruin our island? With all the extra visitors expect another landfill sight as well.

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BWD