Much to the dismay of Milne and other Aberdeenshire residents, the 1, 235-acre golf mega-resort to be built on ecologically sensitive sand dunes and beaches that are home to several endangered species of birds was green lighted by the Scottish government in November 2008.

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And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

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It had been built illegally on what used to be a canal, before a developer had filled it in with sand.

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