TRUMP TO PULL PLUG ON MENIE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT UNLESS WIND FARM PROJECT IS REMOVED

Donald Trump, Colin Montgomerie and Sandy Jones, CEO of the Professional Golfers Association, pictured at the official opening of the course in July 2012 (Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency).

FROM TODAY'S PRESS AND JOURNAL, ABERDEEN
By TIM PAULING

More than 4,000 jobs and £1billion of investment would be lost to the North-east of Scotland's economy if Donald Trump pulls the plug on his golf resort plans on the Aberdeenshire coastline at Balmedie, 12 miles north of Aberdeen, a court was told yesterday.
The Court of Session in Edinburgh heard that the US tycoon has threatened to halt the scheme, which includes a large hotel, holiday homes and a residential village, if a controversial windfarm development, clearly visible from the golf course, goes ahead off the Aberdeenshire coast.
Lawyers acting for the US property billionaire are attempting to overtun the Scottish Government's backing for the green energy poject, claiming the decision was illegal.
Mr Trump claims the ll-turbine European Offshore Wind Development Centre (EOWDC) in the North Sea, 1.25 miles off Balmedie, will spoil the view from his golf resort at Menie Estate.
Mr Trump's counsel, Gordon Steele QC, said Mr Trump has several championship golf courses around the world and his desire for the Menie Estate was to build the best in the world there.
However, if the wind esting centre went ahead, Mr Trump planned to pull the plug on the whole development.