Members of Aberdeenshire Council have been accused of prolonging the agony of homeowners living with the threat of compulsory purchase orders being used to buy their houses and land for tycoon Donald Trump’s golf resort.
The US billionaire wants to acquire four properties and two plots of ground to add to his planned £1billion complex at the Menie Estate near Balmedie.
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Opponents of Donald Trump’s £1 billion golf resort reacted with fury yesterday to a move by Aberdeenshire Council that could permit compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) to be issued on four homes standing in the way of the American tycoon’s development.
The move to defer an immediate decision was greeted with outrage by protesters. One of them, David Milne, a former...
Councillors have rejected calls to stop residents being cleared from the site of Donald Trump’s £1bn golf resort despite a tearful plea from one affected landowner.
David Milne broke down as he begged Aberdeenshire Council to block the use of compulsory purchase powers to remove him from his house on the Menie Estate.
However, councillors rejected the call in favour of a...
They came seeking protection from the threat of being thrown out of their homes by Donald Trump's golf development.
But the "intolerable psychological torture" of four families is set to continue after Aberdeenshire council last night failed to lift the threat of compulsory purchase orders being used to acquire their homes.
In an impassioned plea to Aberdeenshire Council,...
Donald Trump's apparent victory in getting compulsory purchase orders against four home and land owners owners should he want to use them to progress his £1bn resort and its accompanying houses at Menie near Aberdeen may yet be a pyrrhic one. And whether it is or not, Trump, like many before him, must have learned one thing in the past months: down the years the...
