Donald Trump’s Golf Resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: The ‘Greatest’ Incomplete Planning Disaster in the World?

Walton, William (2018) Donald Trump’s Golf Resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: The ‘Greatest’ Incomplete Planning Disaster in the World? Oslo Law Review, 5. pp. 175-196. ISSN 2387-3299

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2018-03-03

Abstract

In 2006 Donald Trump submitted a planning application to transform an area of protected dunes and open countryside along the coast of north east Scotland into a major golf and leisure resort. He claimed the golf course would be the greatest in the world and would transform the region’s oil economy. Citing the economic benefits the Scottish Government approved the project in 2008. Trump has constructed the golf course but has failed to deliver the hotel and other elements of the project. Against the backdrop of planning deregulation, the paper examines why the officials failed to include appropriate planning conditions to ensure delivery of the project and prevent a great incomplete planning disaster. Recognising the limitations of current public law enforcement mechanisms it invokes concepts borrowed from contract law. Holding that Trump is in breach of contract and has benefitted from unjust enrichment, it examines the scope for applying damages, restitution and specific performance as alternative remedies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Trump; golf resort; planning disaster; incomplete project; unjust enrichment
Subjects: K400 Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional)
M900 Other in Law
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School
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Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 28 Mar 2018 10:35
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 11:47
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33871

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