Donald Trump has blasted the Scottish Government as 'small-minded and parachial' and labelled Alex Salmond a 'has been' after he l ost a legal battle against an offshore windfam being built in the view from his Scottish golf resort.

The controversial property tycoon had wanted to block plans for an 11-turbine scheme in the bay off the coast near the Trump International Golf Links at the Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Scottish Government ministers had approved proposals the wind farm in 2013, but Mr Trump said it would spoil the view from his luxury golf links - and argued that ministers were wrong to give the project the green light.

Donald Trump (pictured) has lost a legal battle against a proposed offshore wind farm that the US presidential hopeful claimed would spoil the view from his Scottish golf resort

The new wind farm will be just off the coast from Trump's resort, and the tycoon had tried to argue that it would ruin the view from his Menie Estate

He took his objection to the scheme to the Supreme Court in London in October, where his lawyers argued that the consent for the £230million European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre was unlawful, but his challenge was today dismissed.

A spokesman for the Trump Organisation said the fight would continue on 'every possible front'.

'This is an extremely unfortunate verdict for the residents of Aberdeen and anyone who cares about Scotland's economic future,' said George Sorial, executive vice president of the Trump Organisation, which is Mr Trump is the president of.

'The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre will completely destroy the bucolic Aberdeen Bay and cast a terrible shadow upon the future of tourism for the area.

'History will judge those involved unfavorably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish Government's dangerous experiment with wind energy.'

Mr Sorial said planning conditions remained 'unpurified' and suggested that 'plummeting' oil prices and money shortages might prevent the completion of the project.

He added: 'We will evaluate the court's decision and continue to fight this proposal on every possible front.'

Mr Trump also labelled former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond a 'has-been' following today's verdict, after the SNP MP for Gordon said the billionaire was a 'three-time loser' who had 'at best postponed and at worst jeopardised' a £200 million economic boost from the offshore project.

Mr Salmond attacked Mr Trump for failing to live up to promises on the economic benefits of the Aberdeenshire course and for denying Scotland the chance of hosting the Open Championship at his second Scottish course at Turnberry in South Ayrshire following controversial comments on Mexicans and Muslims during the US presidential race.

The controversial property tycoon had wanted to block plans for an 11-turbine scheme in the bay off the coast near the Trump International Golf Links at the Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire (pictured)

According to 'insiders' at golf's governing body the R&A, the controversy was enough for them to pull the plug of any chance Turnberry had of hosting The Open in 2020.

The MP said: 'As First Minister, I was cited in Trump's legal action. Now that it is concluded, I am free to speak my mind on the damaging impact of his interventions on the Scottish economy.

'First, he has failed to meet the claims he made for the Menie estate golf complex.

'He has created a fine golf course but it does not even have a permanent clubhouse at present, far less the claims of thousands of jobs and billions of investment.

'He has submitted further plans this year but we are now seven years into the project with very slow progress.

'Second, by his unacceptable behaviour he has condemned Turnberry, one of the outstanding golf courses on the planet, and the scene of two of the greatest Open Championships since the war, to Open Championship oblivion.

'There is no way the R&A will go near the Ayrshire course while Trump is in charge. As a result, Scotland stands to lose the £100 million economic return from a Turnberry Open.

'Third, this delay in the offshore wind demonstrator is deeply damaging to Scotland's hopes of being on the cutting edge of that new technology.

'His behaviour and comments are unlikely to attract the votes of many Mexican Americans or Muslim Americans.

Mr Trump is escorted by Scottish pipers as he officially opens his new multi-million pound Trump International Golf Links course in 2012

'Given his treatment of Scotland, Scots American are likely to join the ever-growing list of people alienated by Trump.'

Responding, a spokesman for the Trump Organisation said: 'Does anyone care what this man thinks? He’s a has-been and totally irrelevant.

'The fact that he doesn’t even know what’s going on in his own constituency says it all. We have a permanent clubhouse and the business is flourishing.

'He should go back to doing what he does best - unveiling pompous portraits of himself that pander to his already overinflated ego.'

Judges ruled against the billionaire businessman's objections to the project, a joint venture by Vattenfall Wind Power and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group, which says the turbines would yield enough electricity to power 68,000 UK households over a year.

The loss of the long-running legal battle is another blow for Mr Trump, who has found himself under fire for controversial remarks made on the campaign trail in recent weeks, including proposing a ban on Muslims entering the US.

Mr Trump opened the Trump International Golf Links on the Menie Estate in 2012 after a string of clashes with Scottish environmentalists and homeowners, before falling foul of Mr Salmond.

However, he halted plans for an expansion of the course and associated facilities after Scottish Ministers approved the offshore wind farm.

Mr Trump's bid for a judicial review of the wind farm consent was first dismissed in February last year.

Mr Trump and his wife Melania in Las Vegas last night. He has come under fire in recent weeks for his controversial comments while on the campaign trail

The New-York-based entrepreneur, who is seeking the Republican nomination, then lodged an appeal against the ruling, but it was also rejected.

He had claimed the scheme's approval was predetermined and the Scottish Government showed a bias.

But the judgment concluded 'none of the considerations founded on by the petitioners comes anywhere near to supporting the petitioners' suspicions'.

Mr Trump previously vowed to take the case all the way to Europe if necessary, and has said he would pull the plug on plans to further develop the resort if the wind farm project went ahead.

TRUMP'S WIND FARM TRIBULATIONS 2006: Donald Trump buys land on the private Menie Estate in east coast of Scotland, eight miles north of the city of Aberdeen, for £7million, with plans to build 'the world's greatest golf course'. 2010: Work begins on the course following a lengthy planning wrangle and complaints from local politicians, people living nearby and environmentalists because the land includes protected coastal dunes. 2011: Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm applies for permission to create and run the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay, with a plan to build up to 11 wind turbines. July 2012: The 18-hole championship course, designed by Martin Hawtree, opens. March 2013: Scottish Government ministers approve proposals for the 11-turbine scheme. Trump International Golf Club Scotland then mount unsuccessful challenges against the decision in Scottish courts before appealing to the Supreme Court. Winter 2013: The hotel at the site opens, followed by a new clubhouse in May 2015. February 2014: Trump's petition to review the Scottish Government's decision not to hold a public inquiry on the wind farm application and their decision to grant consent for the project is dismissed. December 2015: Trump has loses his Supreme Court fight against the offshore wind farm project. Advertisement

A panel of five Supreme Court justices heard that Trump International Golf Club Scotland had developed a golf resort at the Menie Estate and Menie Links.

In 2011, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm had applied for permission to create and run the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay, with a plan to build up to 11 wind turbines.

Scottish ministers agreed to the wind farm in 2013, when Trump International Golf Club Scotland then mounted two unsuccessful challenges against the decision in Scottish courts before appealing to the Supreme Court.

The golf course was approved by the Scottish Government in 2008 after a controversial public local inquiry but Mr Trump and Mr Salmond spectacularly fell out after Scottish ministers backed the proposed wind farm in Aberdeen bay.

In one letter, Mr Trump said the then first minister would be known as 'Mad Alex' and 'the man who destroyed Scotland' if the plans went ahead.

Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: 'I am pleased that the Supreme Court has unanimously found in our favour.

'The proposed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is an important project for Aberdeen and north-east Scotland.

'It will give the industry the ability to test and demonstrate new technologies to enable costs to be further reduced.

'Aberdeen is already of global importance for hydrocarbons and this wind deployment centre cements its role in renewable offshore development, further positioning Aberdeen as the energy capital of Europe and a world energy centre.'

Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), partners of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, the company behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), welcomed today’s Supreme Court decision.

Andy Paine, AOWFL project director, said: 'This is another significant step forward for the EOWDC. It affirms the scheme’s potential to position Scotland, and particularly the North-east, as a centre of innovative offshore wind power. The project partners remain committed to seeing the EOWDC come to fruition and delivering long-term economic benefits to the region.'

Aberdeen City Councillor Jenny Laing, said also welcomed the Supreme Court ruling.

She said: 'Both Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils are today approving a Regional Economic Strategy which outlines a "Renaissance" scenario for the local economy in the next 20 years, in which we maximise the recovery of remaining oil and gas reserves from the UK Continental Shelf while diversifying into other sectors including renewables, tourism, food and drink, agriculture and life sciences.

The Republican front runner has caused international outrage in the last few months after a series of political gaffes made during the race to the White House.

The controversy reached a peak last week when Mr Trump called for a 'total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States' until further notice in the wake of deadly shootings in California.

More than half a million people have since backed a petition calling for the Republican candidate to be banned from the UK for 'hate speech'.