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The Church's Environment Commission has called on the government to address the uglification of Malta and publish the revised planning policy that allowed the s
Two architects, Daniel Micallef and Claude Mallia testified to their relationship with Scoglitti. Micallef said he had been commissioned to carry out architectural works at the restaurant by Debono on 16 April 2014. He had filed an application for a Development Notification Order in Debono’s name. Another application was filed to make a tent on the premises into a permanent structure, add solar panels and other small jobs, but the Planning Board had recommended a refusal. The application for Scoglitti was then withdrawn. In this case the application was made by Debono as an individual. On 8...
The Environment Minister insisted on Tuesday that a playground will only take up a small section of Santa Venera's Romeo Romano Gardens, which is set for an upgrade. Displaying a map of the project, Aaron Farrugia said the playground area will take up 357.3 square metres out of the 10,513 square metres of the garden area. Photos of a proposed playground released last week provoked mixed reactions with some people raising concerns about citrus trees being uprooted, while others called for no children’s park to be created at the historic garden. “Very pleased with the response I receiv...
The widening of a residential road in Żebbuġ last week went against all road policies and Infrastructure Malta should have consulted with the Planning Authority beforehand, environmentalists are insisting. On Wednesday, IM workers, escorted by the police, descended on Triq il-Fraxxnu to clear part of a fruit garden to widen the road. Residents and the local council said they were unaware of the impending works, with independent councillor Steve Zammit Lupi sitting on a wall in the path of excavators to highlight his opposition. IM said the works on the 70-metre road “which had never been ...