Barbarians at the Gates of Mdina PA/08732/18
30 April 2021 In spite of being modified, the massing and increased heights of this building within the Area of High Landscape Value of Mdina, will still have a massive visual impact on the entrance to Rabat and Mdina, obliterating Mdina’s...
STQARRIJA GĦALL-ISTAMPA – FLIMKIEN GĦALL-AMBJENT AĦJAR
RAZZETT L-ANTIK (FGURA) Il-bieraħ il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ ‘Flimkien għal-Ambjent Aħjar’ u r-residenti għamlu Konferenza Stampa fejn ir-resident Fguri Aldo Busuttil spjega li mir-riċekja li għamel flimkien...
Save Fgura’s Farmhouse – Save Fgura’s Health
Unlike other Maltese towns, Fgura does not have much ancient heritage, still less urban green spaces, making it all the more important to preserve what little there is, yet its oldest building, a farmhouse, is facing demolition. In 1995 Fgura Local...
Eroding the Public’s Right to Access Information
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar roundly condemns the ongoing erosion of residents’ rights by the Planning Authority, which is now delaying the publication of information on applications, giving objectors less time to inform themselves of cases and...
eNGOs Oppose Extension of Development Permits
eNGOs … join in roundly condemning Legal Notice 109/2020, announcing the extension of developement permits valid until 2022 for a further three years. This unprecedented move by the Planning Authority illustrates yet again that same...
ENGOs Call on Minister of Environment to Suspend Building Site Excavation
ENGOs Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Graffitti, Friends of the Earth (Malta), Ramblers Association, Isles of the Left, Malta Youth in Agriculture Foundation, the Noise Abatement Society Malta, Futur Ambjent Wieħed, Nature Trust Malta and Birdlife...
Construction Regulations – Putting Developers’ Interests Before Residents’
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) states that contrary to the impression being given, the revised construction regulations are not new, they date back to the 2013 ‘ Avoidance of Damage to Third Party Property during Construction’ law, and...
Planning Authority Travesties
Until a few years ago, MEPA would never process a stand-alone permit for demolition or excavation that was not accompanied by a construction application, for fear that it would result in a hole in the ground as did the Gzira Metropolis project. Yet...
Deceitful Scheduling of Villa Barbaro
Last week the Planning Authority announced with much fanfare, the extension of the buffer zone around Villa Barbaro, thought to be the oldest palazzo in the South. It was only when one read the small print that the truth came out: far from...
Panorama Hotel development – the touchstone for PM Robert Abela’s promises
In spite of politicians’ promises, eNGO Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) feels obliged to remind politicians that Malta’s well-being can be only achieved through sustainable development and the protection of open spaces. Ongoing construction...