Cols_Ears
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I think if the local economy hadn't taken a massive nose dive due to the oil price then he may well have pushed ahead with the housing plans, but there are housebuilders currently in Aberdeen with vast numbers of houses they can't shift, so starting a new development that far out of town isn't likely to make financial sense at the current time.
Aberdeen has also gone from having a shortage of hotel rooms 10 years ago to a massive excess after the development of a heap of hotels in the recent past on top of the downturn.
The local council seem to be blind to the effect the oil price was going to have on the economy and went ahead with planning permission for lots of housing developments which are not needed and it could now be argued are a detriment to the local economy (well certainly my personal economy!)
Aberdeen has also gone from having a shortage of hotel rooms 10 years ago to a massive excess after the development of a heap of hotels in the recent past on top of the downturn.
The local council seem to be blind to the effect the oil price was going to have on the economy and went ahead with planning permission for lots of housing developments which are not needed and it could now be argued are a detriment to the local economy (well certainly my personal economy!)