Cllr Debra Storr
01358 742 048
debra@ellonfocus.org.uk

I am being asked a lot of questions about what has happenned and what can now happen.  Rather than clutter this page I've set up a Menie Information Page which I'll update as matters unfold.

There is a new website on the proposed Trump Development at Menie.  The address is www.meniescotland.co.uk.   There is a message board there so we hope to read your views - but don't forget, postings there are not formal respresentations so you need to make these too if you want your voice heard.

The application may come before the Formatine Area Committee in August - so if you want to be heard, speak now!

The Trump Organisation website is at www.trumpgolfscotland.com and you may also be interested in another website on the application at www.menielinks.com

The outline application for the golf resort, hotels, apartments and housing itself and details of consultatation responses received can be found atwww.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/planning/apps/detail.asp?ref_no=APP/2006/4605
 

While campaigning in Collieston, Cllr Debra Storr met Robbie Nicol who is currently two-thirds of the way through an attempt to paddle round the Cairngorms.  Robbie started in Inverness, starting in an open canoe down the Great Glen into Loch Leven a 6km portage up to Rannoch and then across to the Tay.  Swapping his open Canadian Canoe for a sea kayak at Dundee, Robbie is now making his way north.  The journey has so far taken three weeks and he hopes to be home in Kingussie in another week - weather and wind permitting.

Robbie is making this circumnavigation of the Cairngorms to highlight the relationship between people and the environment. Robbie is deeply concerned by climate change and is keen to see people connect better with their environment. He took the opportunity to lobby Cllr Storr  to ensure that the decisons she takes as a politician recognise the value of our environemnt and take appropriate action to protect it against the serious challenges of climate change.

Robbie Nicol is keen to encourage everyone to make use of the amazing natural resources we have.  "Not everyone will want to undertake the type of journey I am doing , but I do want to encourage everyone to value their surroundings.  Please take a little time to see the coast, beaches, woodlands you have.  These can not be replaced and we must take action to protect them."

Cllr Storr commented "I really welcome input for people like Robbie who want to highlight the value of what we have but recognise that we will need to make some hard choices to protect the essence of our wonderful landscape."

Debra Storr is herself a keen kayaker and her kayaking "blog" is at www.debrastorr.org.uk

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