21-03-2021 13:19 via theguardian.com

Renewed Highland golf course plan has environmentalists crying 'Fore!'

Scottish government rejected a new links at Coul to protect the complex dune system but investors have revived the schemeIt is an area so tranquil that the notion of bitter dispute is hugely anomalous. The serenity of Coul - in east Sutherland, north of Dornoch – is in fact fundamental to a backdrop of unrest.When the Scottish government rejected a plan for a golf course at Coul early last year, it appeared those with grand plans had nowhere else to turn. This marked a victory for environm
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