Plans Approved For 550 Homes At Trump International Golf Links Scotland

Trump International Golf Links Scotland will be getting a new course as well as 550 homes

Plans Approved For 550 Homes At Trump International Golf Links Scotland
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Trump International Golf Links Scotland will be getting a new course as well as 550 homes

Plans Approved For 550 Homes At Trump International Golf Links Scotland

The Trump Organisation has been given the green light to build 550 homes at Trump International Golf Links in Menie, Aberdeenshire.

Cottages and larger homes worth up to £1m are set to be built on what will be known as the 'Trump Estate', which will also feature shops and restaurants.

The plans were backed by local councillors by 38 votes to 24.

This comes after a second course at the resort was granted approval earlier this week.

The new course will be called the 'MacLeod', named after US President Donald Trump's Scottish mother Mary Anne MacLeod.

It is to be built to the south and west of the current Championship course, which features highly in Golf Monthly's UK and Ireland Top 100 Course rankings.

Councillors on the Formartine area committee in Aberdeenshire approved the plans for the second course by eight votes to four.

They recommended planning permission subject to conditions.

The 550 homes, shops, restaurants and new course is hoped to boost tourism as well as the economy in the local area.

The Championship course at Trump International opened for play in 2012 and was designed by Martin Hawtree.

Trump International 3rd hole

Trump International 3rd hole

The Golf Monthly Top 100 panel say, "The ‘wow’ factor in among towering dunes never lets up right from the start to finish," calling it "a spectacular course offering the best of modern links golf."

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Executive vice president for Trump International Scotland, Sarah Malone, said: “We have already built what is widely recognised as being one of the greatest golf courses in the world and have delivered on our promise to create an internationally-renowned links that draws tens of thousands of golfers and visitors.

“The second golf course, designed to the same world-class standards, will be a tremendous addition to the site. We remain fully committed to delivering on our original vision, despite the many obstacles that have been thrown at us.”

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV