Green light for Donald Trump's golf course

Balmedie, Scotland: Donald Trump on the beach where he plans to build a £1bn golf resort near Aberdeen. The proposals for the course were rejected by Aberdeenshire council last year but have now been approved by the Scottish government Photograph: David Cheskin/Press Association

Balmedie, Scotland: Sand dunes on the Menie estate, part of the Foveran links which may be under threat from the scheme Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Guardian

Menie estate, Scotland: Donald Trump visits the beach where he plans to build the golf course in 2006 Photograph: David Cheskin/Press Association

Balmedie: Fisherman Michael Forbes refuses to sell his land to make way for the development Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty

Balmedie: Michael Forbes' land Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty

St Andrews golf course, Scotland: Donald Trump during a visit to promote his golf course development scheme in April 2006 Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Guardian

Menie estate, Scotland: Resident Mickey Foote looks out over the dunes at the Foveran links which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Guardian

Lewis, Hebrides: Donald Trump arrives on the Hebridean island in his own Boeing 727 plane to visit the village of Tong where his mother was born Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Guardian

Stornaway, Isle of Lewis: Donald Trump visits Stornaway in June 2008 to see where his late mother, Mary Anne Macleod, was born in 1912 Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Guardian

Aberdeen: US property tycoon Donald Trump (R) at the public inquiry into his planned £1bn golf resort at the Menie Estate, Balmedie, in Boyd Orr hall at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen Photograph: David Cheskin/Press Association

Aberdeen, Scotland: Donald Trump (C) attends a public inquiry over his plans to build a golf resort near Aberdeen, at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference centre, this year. Trump ran into opposition from environmentalists and a local farmer who refused to budge Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty

Balmedie country park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Sunset over the coastline Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty