


74% of Planning Authority zoning applications not accessible to the public
Zoning applications not accessible to the public include a couple of large tracts of land within building zones, but located in sensitive areas of ecological...
Zoning applications not accessible to the public include a...

Planning Authority to make an incision in the bastions
The Planning Authority is set to approve its own application, to make an...
The Planning Authority is set to approve its own...

Planning Commission ‘clutching at straws’ to approve development, ERA says
The authority accused the Commission of intentionally turning a blind eye in order to approve a Zebbug villa permit which it said would eradicate a cliff edge...
The authority accused the Commission of intentionally...

Qala council dropped Ta’ Muxi objection amidst Gozo family pressures
The council withdrew its objection to the application after Nationalist councillor who was leading the opposition to the project found out he was related to...
The council withdrew its objection to the application after...

Ghost applications: Planning Authority’s hot potatoes go off-radar
From agritourism projects to new roads in Gozo, the PA’s own geoserver is...
From agritourism projects to new roads in Gozo, the...

Dingli farmland lost to sports track to ‘promote health and well-being’
Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools insists the planned project will provide both students and the community with sports facilities
Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools insists the planned...

American University campus at Bormla set for approval, but dorm decision postponed
AUM campus in Bormla set for approval, but controversial dormitory building postponed by six months after objections
AUM campus in Bormla set for approval, but controversial...

Qala ODZ villa permit exposes rift between case officer and Planning Commission
A decision by the Planning Commission on whether to allow a 31sq.m dilapidated room in a Qala field to be turned into a full-blown 200sq.m villa has been...
A decision by the Planning Commission on whether to allow a...

ODZ school proposed on Zabbar land previously identified for McDonald’s
A piece of ODZ land along Labour Avenue in Zabbar, previously earmarked for a McDonald’s drive-in restaurant, is now being proposed for a school and...
A piece of ODZ land along Labour Avenue in Zabbar,...

Santa Lucija residents want change to start of Tal-Barrani underpass to save woodland
Sta Lucija woodland was specifically created to give beauty to the place and as a green lung for present and future generations
Sta Lucija woodland was specifically created to give beauty...

Handaq solar farm near Gaffarena’s contested land
A plot adjacent to the Handaq land is now earmarked for a massive solar farm
A plot adjacent to the Handaq land is now earmarked for a...

Land for animal husbandry not precluded for petrol station relocation under amended rules
Amendments to revised fuel policy: urban pumps not smaller than 1,000 sq.m can relocate outside development zones unless land has agricultural value
Amendments to revised fuel policy: urban pumps not smaller...

300 trees face uprooting as Santa Lucija tunnels project gets underway
Project approved by the Planning Authority in September 2018 with ERA insisting that approximately 757 new trees will be planted in the same area
Project approved by the Planning Authority in September...

Villa Arrigo grounds to get nine villas
The approval of the zoning application paving the way for the development of nine villas on the Villa Arrigo grounds goes against a clear recommendation by the...
The approval of the zoning application paving the way for...

Petrol station application in Attard rejected outright by planning board
An application for a petrol station in an ODZ area along Mdina Road was unanimously rejected by the Planning Authority
An application for a petrol station in an ODZ area along...

Siggiewi fuel pump wants ODZ land before rules change
An urban petrol station has joined the race to have its licence relocated to a...
An urban petrol station has joined the race to have its...

Farsons presents sole objection to Fino high-rise
Superintendence concerned with impact on line of vision between Mdina and...
Superintendence concerned with impact on line of vision...

DB chief executive hits back at critics as hotel group steams ahead with project
DB Group CEO Arthur Gauci says company “will expose publicly uttered falsehoods”
DB Group CEO Arthur Gauci says company...