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In a meeting where all participants, save the project’s consultants, urged the board to reject the project, the PA approved the construction of two 17-storey towers and a 12-storey hotel next to Pembroke’s residential area by margin of just one vote
The Planning Authority on Thursday approved by a whisker the controversial db Group project in Pembroke despite unprecedented opposition from local councils, re
Planning Authority sanctions Polidano’s Hal Farruġ plant Sanctioning includes residential quarter for migrant workers and a 19m-high office block 13 May 2021, 2:33pm by James Debono The Planning Authority has approved two applications by construction magnate Charles Polidano ‘iċ-Ċaqnu’ for an industrial compound in Hal Farrug. The developer had requested the authority sanction his deviations from permits for the industrial compound in Hal Farruġ, against a €32,754 fine. Only board member Gilmore Camilleri voted against both permits while NGO representative Annick Bonello voted ag...
81 room hotel conditionally approved on Saqqaja hill PA issues permit for hotel development conditional on the presentation of studies being approved by Superintendence for Cultural Heritage 29 April 2021, 3:22pm by James Debono In a topsy-turvy meeting, the Planning Authority board has approved the proposed 81-room five-storey hotel, but made final approval conditional on the completion of geological and archaeological studies assessing the impact of excavations on the heritage site. The case officer had recommended approval of the project, which includes tunnels excavated in close proxim...
The old Tattingers nightclub at Saqqajja hill in Rabat is set to be demolished to make way for an 81-room five-star hotel despite geological concerns the works could damage Mdina’s fortifications and impact the skyline of the silent city. The planning board voted to grant the application an executable permit with the condition that geotechnical studies are carried out and fulfilling all conditions set out by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and Planning Authority. The applicants have six months to carry out the study and present the findings to the board before being allowed to pro...