A similar situation has arisen on the in Coul Links Scotland.

Guardian ‘The spectacular sand dunes at Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire are expected to be stripped of their special conservation status.

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), a government conservation agency, has recommended that the dunes lose their designation as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) because they have been “partially destroyed” by the course. SNH has begun a three-month consultation on removing its SSSI status. The move has long been expected but the Trump Organization is furious, accusing the agency of a politically motivated stitch-up. The area, described by Trump as the “great dunes of Scotland” when he first proposed building a £1bn resort on the site, is part of an extensive mobile dune system known as the Foveran Links, which stretches north up the coast.’ Click here to read more 

BBC   See before & after photographs  … ‘The sand dunes at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf resort are expected to lose their status as a nationally-important protected environment.

Government watchdog Scottish Natural Heritage has recommended that Menie links be removed from an existing site of special scientific interest (SSSI). SNH concluded Mr Trump’s golf course had “destroyed” the sand dune system, causing permanent habitat loss. The Trump Organisation reacted by calling the move a “stitch-up”. It said the organisation had spent millions on the care, protection and maintenance of the SSSI area. SNH said it was “unusual” to remove an SSSI from the list but there was no longer a reason to protect the dunes. Scottish Green party co-convener Patrick Harvie, who campaigned against the development, said: “It has ruined, destroyed, grubbed, the kind of natural environment that those paper protections were there to protect.”  Click here to read more