The Scottish government has decided to approve the plans designed by Donald Trump to take a wild stretch of the Aberdeenshire coastline in the north east part of Scotland, and transform it into a 2.4 billion dollar golf resort. Trump, a billionaire businessman that is world renowned and resides in New York, stated that he was “deeply honoured” by the Scottish government's decision, which was brought after a local planning inquiry. While the details are still being worked out, the resort will have a thousand homes and holiday apartments, and a 450 bedroom hotel along with two golf courses, which Trump is known for designing and developing.
The plans are to have the first golf swing hit in the spring of 2011, which is not long at all from now. The decision to back the project was welcomed by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, while the decision was made by Finance Secretary John Swinney. Salmond has insisted to his constituents that the project will create as many as 6000 jobs, 1400 of which will be permanent after the development has been completed, which is a boon for the tough economic climate that has been plaguing the world. The resort is also expected to bring to Aberdeenshire estimated 64 million pounds sterling every year.
However, the decision is wrought with quite a lot of controversy, as the land in question is an untouched piece of the natural habitat that belongs to Scotland. The decision was condemned by environmentalists, who state that the project is making a mockery of the Scottish National Party's green agenda. The project was also opposed by the former chairman of the planning committee, who had blocked the application the first time that it went around. The former chairman indicated that it is speculative that Trump would be the only person who could get permission for the development of such a vanity project, and that the project is poorly planned and holds no consideration for the environment. In essence, the decision can be considered as wanton vandalism.
The site of the course development is considered to be a site of special scientific interest. It is believed that there are ways to build the course without building upon the SSSI. The SSSI includes protected sand dunes, and there are dunes upon which Trump intends to build the greatest golf course he has developed so far. The billionaire has invited the actor Sean Connery to make the first golf swing, and promised to give him the membership number 007. The SSSI is also know as the Sands of Forvie, and the Forvie National Nature Reserve, with the fifth largest sand dune system in the entire UK, and it is also the home to the largest breeding colony of eider duck. It is marked a special protection area for wildlife conservation and this could be upset by the development in coming years.
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