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Source: Scottsman
President Donald Trump's company is to build a second golf course in Aberdeenshire.
By Emma O'Neill/PA
Saturday, 17th October 2020, 9:18 pm
Plans for a new 18-hole golf course were approved by Aberdeenshire Council on Friday, despite local objections.
The course is to be named MacLeod after Mr Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod - who was born in the Outer Hebrides - and will be built adjacent to the current course on his Menie Estate.
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However, many locals objected to the application, citing loss of public space and the impact it would have on water supply, private roads and nearby estates.
Sam Lowit, Morningside Avenue, Aberdeen, said: "It is clear that the existing underperforming development is not of benefit to this area, with low attendance figures and ongoing financial losses.
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