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If you care about the environment, sustainable development, and trying to reduce the effects of global warming, please make your views known to Scottish Ministers and sign the petitions before it is too late.

We now have three petitions which oppose Trump's abuse of our coastline- Sign 'em all:

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Send a letter to them. Use your own words, put forward your own ideas. See the Manifesto page for some ideas, or use some of the points in the example letter in the box below. Just highlight it and copy & paste into your own word processor, then edit it to emphasise the points you feel most strongly about.

You may find the following information useful if you wish to write to Scottish Ministers requesting a public enquiry

PLANNING APPLICATION Ref: APP/2006/4605 GOLF RESORT AND ASSOCIATED HOUSING at MENIE

Major Development on Designated Undeveloped Coast

The huge multi-storey hotel and four apartment blocks, and other large buildings are to be built in an area which is designated as Undeveloped Coast i.e. not for development.

The scale of these buildings will cause severe visual pollution.

Part of the site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which means it is of national importance and is protected under law.

The dunes system is constantly moving and very few of these remain in Scotland—the development will stabilise or fix the dunes in place.

The development will destroy the 4000 year old natural habitat of the dunes.

National policies protecting biodiversity will be contravened.

Housing

The residential housing (500 units) and 400 person staff accommodation block should not be considered in this application but should be part of the Development Plan process which applies to all other developers.

It is against planning policy for the sale of housing to be used to finance a business.

The pressure put on existing infrastructure such as roads, sewers, schooling and local health facilities, will be immense

Road traffic levels will be significantly increased, adding to further congestion on roads leading into Aberdeen and adding to carbon emissions and noise pollution.

The development is expected to increase air traffic, which will lead to more greenhouse gas emissions and more noise disturbance at a time when Aberdeenshire Council are committed to reducing emissions.

Coastal ‘squeeze’. 　A large residential development near the coast will have major implications for flood defences and coastal protection.　

Access

Several walking routes, including one from the popular Balmedie car park, will be lost. Both the extensive housing and the golf course will severely limit the public’s right to enjoy the dunes via responsible outdoor access

Economics Argument Flawed

The development can only be justified on economic grounds of ‘national importance). In fact the benefits in terms of jobs have been exaggerated and the economic claims of the developer have not been independently reviewed

Yours sincerely