The Court of Appeal has revoked the permit for a 5-star hotel to be built instead of the Tattingers discotheque in Rabat on the outskirts of Mdina, saying that it was not in line with the Local Plan for the locality. The former discotheque was going to be demolished and replaced by a 5-storey hotel, despite strong objections from NGOs, residents...
Environmental organisations are requesting that Hili Ventures be transparent with the public about the plan for a new Hotel and Bungalows complex on Comino. NGOs are urging the public to object to the monstrous plan for Comino that will see irreparable damage to the natural environment and the “urbanisation by stealth” of Santa Marija Bay. Hili Ventures has issued a factsheet...
ORGANISATIONS CALL ON PUBLIC TO OBJECT TO MONSTROUS “COMINO VILLAGE” DEVELOPMENT Environmental organisations are urging the public to oppose developers’ plans to create a complex of villas on the island of Comino as part of the proposed plans for the new Comino Hotel filed by Hili Group. Objections to this development application (PA/4777/20) can be submitted to the Planning Authority...
Tuesday 6th December 2022 An Afternoon Across Europe Emerging artists, violinist Matthew Zammit and pianist Amy Borg, will be performing a programme of European musical masterpieces, featuring the inspiring works of Grieg, Vitali and Wieniawski. Tuesday December 20th 12:30pm For the Love of Christmas For mezzo-soprano Connie Frances Zerafa, one of her favourite childhood moments was going Christmas carolling outside on a snowy wintery...
ERA asked to be more courageous Nine eNGOs have joined forces to submit their responses to the draft National Strategy for the Environment. The eNGOs are Din l-Art Ħelwa, The Archaeological Society Malta, BirdLife Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Għawdix, Moviment Graffitti, Nature Trust-FEE Malta, and the Ramblers’ Association of Malta. Whilst acknowledging the work that...
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Legal Challenge to Planning regulation Annex 2 formally filed in the Courts of Malta by the Coalition for Gozo Building development in Malta is governed by a set of planning policies which at the highest level are approved by Parliament and at other subsidiary levels are simply subject to Ministerial approval. Among the major policies governing development are the Local Plans...
The Planning Commission’s rationale for approving a contentious swimming pool in Xaghra to be based on an apparently false or wrong premise. The photo motages below show the planned swimming pool. See this related video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhsJV05NYEI This is a detailed technical article on the matter https://victorborg.com/wrong-premise-arbitrary-la-disregard-court-planning-decision-gozo-ridge ...
