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Golf course architect Donald Trump continues to face hurdles for his “best golf course in the world” development in Aberdeen, Scotland.

As well as building the “best seaside course in the world”, he intended to develop a second course, a 450-room hotel, 500 luxury homes, and hundreds of holiday apartments.

But his plan to build part of his signature course on an officially protected, wildlife-rich natural dune system, has brought objections from environmental bodies including Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the RSPB and the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

In a response last May, SNH said that building golf holes among the dunes would “effectively destroy” the conservation site and urged Trump to move the course onto nearby farmland within his estate.

There have so far been 78 objections against the development lodged with the council and only 11 letters of support.

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Reaffirming Trump’s threat to pull out of the project unless his plans are accepted in their entirety, the firm said: “Without the ability to form the course in this location, there would be no basis for the resort, and it would not proceed.”

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