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Call for urgent probe into cut price land deal
Aberdeenshire Council is set to be investigated over the proposal to sell the Trump Organisation land via the controversial "Special Purchaser" process.
Cllrs Martin Ford and Debra Storr at the car park land at Menie.
Councillor Debra Storr has asked Audit Scotland to investigate whether Aberdeenshire Council is failing in its statutory duty to get the best possible value from the sale of this asset.
Cllr Storr commented "I opposed the sale of this land to Trump and the reject of other bidders arguing that the only way anyone can know that the best price is realised is via an open competition. However seven other councillors were determined to sell to Trump and I fear that this will be at a much lower price than if an open process had been used."
Writing to the Council's external auditor, Cllr Storr asks for the matter to be investigated urgently and cites section 47(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as requiring councils to only accept offer than are "the best that can ... reasonably be obtained"
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