Welcome to Menie links

Economy before Environment

From Protected Estate to

Housing Estate

A sand dome about to be destroyed by the man who wants to build houses

Is it really all about golf?

Menie Estate from SSSI to housing estate and car park

It has been quite funny, to a certain extent, lately watching the local council appear to bend over backwards to do what the Trump Organisation wants with the least resistance possible.

Now that their, the Trump Organisations, architect (number 3 I think at the last count) has applied for planning permission on a number of homes within the boundaries of the Menie Estate. The council cannot seem to bring themselves to state that it would be unethical to award compulsory purchase orders to aid a private ‘rape and rip’ short term development.

Now, while it is legal to apply for planning permission for someone else’s land it is obviously morally and ethically wrong to try and steal some else’s home, which is what this is about.

The planning applications are APP/2009/1620 – Land at Leyton Farm: APP/2009/1629 – Leyton Cottage : APP/2009/1623 – Hermit Point : APP/2009/1631 – Mill of Menie and Menie Fishing Station : APP/2009/1633 – Council owned land. I would ask that you go on to the Aberdeenshire council web site (there is a link here on this page) and place an objection to each of these planning applications bearing in mind these are peoples homes not just land and property as they carefully describe them.

There is also the point about the number of peopel in negotiation. Our information is that two parties are negotiating with Trump not four out of the six as they claimed. Those two are a family who have been negotiating for three years since the Trump Organisation took over Menie and Aberdeenshire Council, who so far have done almost everything they were told to.

Remember, your home could be next!! (especially if you live close to the boundaries of the estate)

David Milne