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Trump Organisation must pay £5m to meet affordable housing quota at Aberdeenshire resort
The Trump Organisation will have to pay £5 million towards affordable housing should plans to build luxury housing near the US president’s Aberdeenshire golf course gain planning approval, according to reports.Plans to build 550 new homes on a site within the Trump International Golf Links estate at Menie, near Balmedie, are due to go before Aberdeenshire Council’s planning committee next month.The venture promises “exceptional country living”, with houses on sale for as much as “several million” pounds.But documents submitted to the local authority only specify 27 affordable housing units, described as “key worker” apartments.Now Scotland on Sunday reports that council officials have said that a payment of £5m is necessary to meet affordable housing needs in the nearby area.
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