FAA welcomes withdrawal of Gozo Ridge application
FAA welcomes the news that the application for a large scale development on the Zebbug ridge in Gozo has been withdrawn by the applicant. The proposed development was highly objectionable and would have resulted in the obliteration of yet another...
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Joint Statement – FAA, KTP, DLH
This is a joint statement issued by the Kamra tal-Periti (KTP), Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) and Din l-Art Helwa (DLH). The former Sea Malta building is a fine modernist building, which, like the Marsa Power Station, did not make it to the...
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FAA FILES URGENT REQUEST FOR CATHEDRAL STR SCHEDULING
Environmental NGO Flimkien ghal Amjent Ahjar has formally submitted a request for the scheduling of a row of stately houses in Cathedral Street that form part of the Urban Conservation Area of Sliema. One of them, number 33, located right in the...
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FAA COMMENDS ENFORCEMENT ACTION ISSUED BY PA
Environmental NGO Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar commends the Planning Authority’s decision to issue an enforcement order following unauthorised works in the environs of the Pieta pinetum that were flagged by the eNGO earlier this year. The...
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DON’T DESTROY CATHEDRAL STREET STATELY HOME” FAA INSISTS
The fate of a 19th century stately townhouse in the heart of Sliema lies in the hands of the Planning Commission. In a decision which is expected to be taken on the 16th November, the PA will decide whether to allow the building that forms...
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Greed’s Victory…Our Loss
FAA Coordinator Astrid Vella Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar is in favour of the sensitive conversion and re-use of heritage buildings; however, there is a clear line between re-use and outright greed. When the authorities responsible for the...
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Corruption of Planning Systems
The approval of the application to build add a six-storey pencil development on top of a house that had been certified(*1) as being unstable, contravenes planning laws, regulations and past refusals. Development application PA 03552/15 had again...
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Pieta Seafront – Beginning of the End
In the midst of the electoral madness the Planning Authority will decide on an application that may herald the beginning of the end of Pietà’s historic seafront. On the 2nd of June, only a day before the election, the PA is set to give the...
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Planning Authority – Controlled Anarchy
I never thought that I would hear myself say that the Planning Authority (formerly MEPA) should be disbanded altogether. I had thought that imperfect as it was, the Planning Authority prevented Malta from sinking into uncontrolled anarchy. I was...
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