Ramla l-Hamra

Malta Independent on Sunday, 4 October 2009 The opponents of the once-proposed Ulysses Lodge development overlooking Gozo’s Ramla Bay feel they have won a major battle, but the outcome of the war is still to be determined. The Malta Environment and Planning Authority’s board of appeal on Friday rejected, in finality, an appeal lodged by the developers against the DCC board’s rejection...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 9th November 2008, by David Lindsay – An agreement was reached this week to reopen the petitions against the proposed tourist development at Ramla Bay, which were dropped by the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee under dubious circumstances last month. They were, however, closed again the next day following objections made by European Peoples Party representatives, who have...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 2nd November 2008, by David Lindsay An audio recording and documents from the European Parliament Petitions Committee obtained by The Malta Independent on Sunday have revealed what appears to be a concerted pattern of deception over the controversial application to develop a tourist complex at the Ulysses Lodge site at Ramla Bay, Gozo. They also expose how...

Times of Malta, 12th July 2008, by Mark Micallef The appeal against Mepa’s decision to revoke the infamous permit for a tourism complex in Ramla l-Ħamra may be dealt a mortal blow even before it gets going properly if the board hearing the case accepts the authority’s plea to declare the process null. The process has technically started but the board has...

Time of Malta, 11th July 2008 Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar yesterday maintained that the only equitable solution in the Ramla Bay project is the government’s acquisition of the ODZ site in Gozo at a non-development value. “This is not unrealistic, especially considering the option of exchanging it for public land available within the development zones,” the NGO said. The Mepa Appeals Board meets...

Times of Malta, 9th July 2008 The Xagħra local council has urged the Mepa Appeals Board meeting on Friday to dismiss the appeal concerning the proposed development at the former Ulysses Lodge site, in Ramla Bay “and preserve this site of unique touristic and natural value”. “The Ramla Bay and valley is a site of extraordinary beauty which must be enjoyed by...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 18 May 2008 – by David Lindsay  The would-be developers of the highly controversial Ulysses Lodge site, perched just above Gozo’s Ramla Bay, appear confident of a successful appeal hearing in July, with work clearing the site of shrubbery and trees ongoing this week.Last October, the Malta Environment and...