The Scotsman

Trump town

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The Trump Organisati­on has brought forward plans for 500 houses at its Aberdeensh­ire golf resort. The £150m proposals also include 50 cottages and a sports centre as well as shopping and equestrian facilities.

The Big Wheels of Business keep on turning

John David Spurr

Every effort both politicall­y and legally must be used to prevent this. I don’t even need to look at the plans to know that there is something very fishy about it.

Gustav Gustavsson

I couldn’t imagine buying one of these houses, regardless of their merit.

Big Dafty

Big question, will anybody be able to afford them.

IMACOMPUTE­RBUDDIE

If it goes ahead I hope the houses he builds are good quality with some architectu­ral merit and reasonably spaced. Unlike the majority of the highdensit­y, poor-quality Lego housing estates being thrown up in and around Aberdeen.

City Loon

What are houses to do with the developmen­t of a golf course and hotel? Developers buy or own land with no planning permission. Tout to the local authority as a big investment. The real money from the investment comes from the massive profit made from converting land never intended for housing into a housing estate.

Cagey

All those promises about investment and jobs to get the permission in the first place and still nowhere near what was promised. Par for the course for anything Trump is involved in – lots of noise, no substance.

Dunnomuch

Great to see “The Donald” once again investing in the country of his mother’s birth to help create jobs and prop up the economy after years of ruin under the SNP.

Damian Thirsty

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