Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the Planning Authority decision to refuse an application for an outsized project of 54 apartments, shops and offices, to be built in the heart of the St Julian’s Urban Conservation Area (UCA), between St Elia Street and B’Kara Hill, two of the narrowest streets in the…
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 protecting Villa Barbaro, the supposedly protective buffer zone…
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 mas-Sur Josef Bartolo ikkonkludew li r-razzett hu simbolu uniku ta’ l-identita’ u l-oriġini tal-Fgura. Huwa qal li “l-Fgura tinsab taħt ir-riħ tas-swar tal-kottonera…
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 Council had won Grade 3 protection for the farmhouse, as…
Yesterday the Fgura Local Council along with Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and Fgura residents, held a press conference where Aldo Busuttil, a Fgura resident explained that since Fgura lay in the line of fire of the Cottonera fortifications, it was not possible to build palaces, auberges or fine houses there. In…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħja (FAA), a member of the ‘Spazji Miftuħa’ coalition, strenuously condemns the government gifting il-Miżieb and l-Aħrax tal-Mellieha, to the hunters’ federation, Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti (FKNK). These sites, both public lands, make up more than five times the size of Buskett, and are now to be effectively…
Following publication of the results of the public consultation on Constitutional Reform, published on Monday, it results that 25% of respondents were gravely concerned about the Malta Constitution’s lack of protection for our islands’ natural and cultural and heritage. In October 2019 Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar campaigned with its members to…
In June 2020 the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT) upheld an appeal by Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar against Outline Development Permit PA 9407/17 for the development of Manoel Island. This was on the grounds that one of the consultants engaged by MIDI plc to conduct the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the Planning Authority’s decision to refuse the application for a five-storey plus penthouse block of apartments in the Xagħra Urban Conservation Area, within the 50m buffer zone of a Grade 1 scheduled windmill. The hotly-debated session ultimately focused on the application of the Planning Authority policy…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) strongly condemns the fact that the report on construction reform which has finally been drawn up following the collapse of a house in Hamrun, causing the death of Miriam Pace, is being withheld from the public. This report is long overdue as the first in a…