SNP – Scottish National Planning?
Scotland, the home of golf and an incredible number of golf courses is debating about yet another course. Donald Trump, the American multimillionaire applied for permission to establish a new ‘world class’ golf development complete with two championship golf courses and 1500 homes. Yet, rather than being grateful and hailing the millions of dollars potentially coming into Scotland, the nation is split into two camps. The crux is multi-layered – the golf course itself would impinge on one of the major conservation areas in the Northeast of Scotland; the residential development provides places for 1500 people without providing all the facilities and amenities that one would need in life – no shops, no medical surgery – a small town with just residences. The fear therefore is that it is only for the American super-rich and traffic in the area would significantly improve. Oh, by the way, it appears that one farmer has not agreed to sell his lands right in the middle of the prospective golf...