Its citation notes : “The site is of exceptional importance for the study of a wide variety of coastal landforms and processes and its value is enhanced by the availability of extensive research results in other disciplines which provide much additional and complementary evidence relevant to solving a broad range of gemorphological problems”. įoveran Links received its designation in 1984 for both its biological and geological features. I have been following the extraordinary saga of the TIGLS property since 2011, when I first wrote about the threat to the SSSI. It is not yet clear if the new development will cause further damage to the SSSI. The Organisation will later this year apply for planning permission for construction that includes 500 residential homes, 50 hotel cottages, a sports centre, and retail, equestrian and commercial spaces, alongside other resort-related leisure facilities. The Trump Organisation, which has been headed by Mr Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Junior, since his inauguration as President of the United States in January 2017, announced plans on 19 July for further development at TIGLS. I received the response and relevant documents on 27 July 2018, indicating that damage caused by Trump International Golf Links Scotland (TIGLS), near Balmedie, has been so great that the SSSI may soon be stripped of its protected status. On 25 June, I submitted my request for information to Scottish Natural Heritage. This commentary provides background to the story.ĭocuments sent to me in response to a request for disclosure under the Environmental Information Regulations indicate that Scottish Natural Heritage has known since August 2016 about the damage to the spectacular sand dune system at Menie Links, inside the protected Foveran Links site, but had been keeping its assessment secret. It was followed up by the Associated Press and other media.
On 29 July 2018, ‘The Observer’ newspaper reported that one of Donald Trump’s golf resorts in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has “partially destroyed” a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
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