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MEPA to decide on revocation of Rabat communications hub
A request for the revocation of the permit had been presented by architect Lino Bianco in July 2013.
The MEPA board will tomorrow be meeting to discuss a request for the revocation of a controversial permit issued for the development of a huge communication tower on the Dwejra ridge next to the Victoria Lines in Rabat, Malta.
A request for the revocation of the permit had been presented by architect Lino Bianco in July 2013.
In June 2013 MEPA had approved a 30-metre communications tower and three transmitting rooms, a small toilet and a generator room.
Board members Alex Vella, Victor Axiaq and Timmy Gambin voted against while seven board members voted in favour.
An Outline application for this tower was approved in September 2006. Board members used this as a justification for voting for this development, claiming that their hands were tied by the outline permit.
The legal argument made for the revocation is that the application should have been withdrawn by law as it stood idle for five years between 2008 and 2013.
