Tag: planning authority
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Calls are raised for Johann Buttigieg of the Planning Authority to resign
Calls are growing for Johann Buttigieg to resign from his post as Executive Chairman of the Planning Authority after his chats with Yorgen Fenech have resurfaced during Yorgen Fenech’s trial. Johann Buttigieg was also on Yorgen Fenech’s gift list. Johann Buttigieg left the Planning Authority on October 2019 just right before the political crisis erupted.…
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A testimony about Yorgen Fenech’s corrupt dealings with Johann Buttigieg
Yesterday’s cross-examination of Yorgen Fenech by the Prosecutor in Court was startling, highly revealing, and important on a number of points arising from Fenech’s testimony about his relationships with government officials and Planning Authority Executive Chairman Johann Buttigieg. The Prosecutor repeatedly hammered home the point that Yorgen Fenech sought favours from government officials. Johann Buttigieg…
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Ramblers’ Association welcomes Planning Appeals reform
The Ramblers’ Association has welcomed the government’s recently announced reform to suspend construction works while planning permits are under appeal. Under the proposed system, the submission of an appeal would automatically suspend all rights arising from the contested permit, preventing demolition, excavation, construction, changes of use and other development works until the appeals process has…
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Manoel Island National Park: Now you see, now you don’t
It took less than seven weeks after the general election for the Labour government’s vision of paradise to begin to change. After spending months and considerable public resources promoting its plan to transform Manoel Island into a national park, the government-appointed Planning Authority has now sanctioned a large private padel complex on the same public…
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Animal rights activists opposing planning application to sanction illegal lions’ enclosure next to children’s playground
An owner of a “farm,” Joshua Grima, has applied to the Planning Authority to sanction his illegal lions’ enclosure, which was supposed to be a sheep pen. The structure and its surroundings have been modified to accommodate the lions, and the owner is now seeking regularisation. You can find more details about the case here.…
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Tumas Group says it will still pay bondholders: despite Halland site being declared as illegal
Tumas Investments PLC has announced that it will still pay its bondholders who bought the latest issue for 3.75% bonds unsecured bonds maturing in 2027, despite losing the permit application for the Halland hotel site which is currently under construction. In 2022, the Planning authority had approved a ten-storey modification to its proposed construction of…
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Not in my backyard
Labour MPs are rapidly applying a ‘not in my backyard’ approach, further exposing the amoral nature of their thinking. Labour MPs are quickly realising that rampant dis-planning laws are now affecting the same village cores they grew up in or where they still live. Obviously, just like anyone else, Labour MPs are opposing unbridled and…
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Environmental NGOs announce national protest against planning reforms
Most of the environmental groups and NGOs in Malta held a press conference earlier today in front of the Planning Authority building in Floriana to announce a national protest against the government’s proposed planning reforms. The organisations include the Ramblers Association, Din L-art Ħelwa, Moviment Graffitti, BirdLife Malta and Nature Trust Malta. The protest will…
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Cassola accuses Planning Authority of hiding developers’ role in reform bills
Momentum Chairperson Arnold Cassola has accused the Planning Authority (PA) of “concealment and contempt for transparency” after it refused to provide details in response to his Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Cassola said the PA failed to disclose who it consulted when drafting Bills 143 and 144 – sweeping reforms that will overhaul planning legislation…
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The Nationalist MPs that attended yesterday’s protest against the government’s planning reforms
Yesterday’s protest in front of parliament organised by environmental NGOs was very successful considering its short notice. Protesters also heckled the Prime Minister as he walked right outside the Parliament building and said that he will be consulting and meeting with NGOs soon. There was also a handful of PN MPs present, with Adrian Delia…
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Controversial planning reforms spark backlash from ADPD and Momentum
Major concerns have been raised by ADPD and Momentum in reaction to two proposed planning law reforms set to be discussed in Parliament. Both parties claim the legislative changes, tabled by the government shortly before the summer recess, undermine public participation, weaken environmental safeguards, and give unprecedented leeway to powerful developers. Deputy Chairperson of ADPD,…
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A government that is fully backing environmental criminals – President of the Ramblers Association
In another message published this morning by the President of the Ramblers Association, Ingram Bondin continued to explain what he described as the most corrupt reform in the history of planning. The President of the Ramblers Association announced that according to a Times of Malta article, the government will be adding another reform in addition…
