MEPA gives green light to Lidl supermarket in Mosta

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) board has given the green light for a new Lidl supermarket to be developed on the site of an existing concrete brick manufacturing plant in the limits of Mosta.  

The new development, on a site which fronts the MCAST Complex and occupies an area of approximately 8,700m² in a designated ‘Area of Containment’, will include the main Supermarket facility together with storage areas, a bakery, un/loading area, an office, staff facilities and 174 car parking spaces.

The built up area will account for 27% of the total site area.

Although an outline planning permit, issued last year, had given the applicant the right to build on a larger built up footprint, the applicant decided to downsize the built up footprint by almost 9%.

So as to aid vehicular access to the site, the MEPA Board imposed a a bank guarantee of EUR 50,000 to ensure that a roundabout in Triq id-Difiża Ċivili is implemented as part of the project.

The board also granted an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to Wasteserv’s Thermal Treatment Facility in Marsa. Through this permit, WasteServ, is obliged to operate this incineration plant for hazardous wastes and animal by-products using the best available techniques for preventing or, where that is not practicable, reducing emissions from their installation.