Naxxar local council objects to ‘outrageous’ elderly home on Birguma farmland
Naxxar council says proposed home is unjustified intrusion into a protected rural area that undermines the very foundations of sustainable development and environmental...
Marsaxlokk wants colourful houses as model for future permits
Marsaxlokk council wants colourful restored façade of residential development along Xatt is-Sajjieda to serve as model for permits issued in the locality’s urban...
Superintendence ‘concerned’ by six-storey old people’s home near aqueduct

The six-storey building is being proposed in an area characterised by two-storey villas

The six-storey building is being proposed in an area...

Crematoria can be outside cemeteries, policy review proposes

Planning Authority review of policy regulating cemeteries will consider...

Planning Authority review of policy regulating...

Gozo airport: electrification to be ‘encouraged’ not imposed

Tender could include provision for companies with intention to use electric...

Tender could include provision for companies with intention...

PA set to approve Excelsior and Ramla Bay hotel extensions

Both projects set to have major visual impacts on iconic views

Both projects set to have major visual impacts on iconic...

Ramblers and Baħrija landowner identify alternative Fomm ir-Riħ access pathway

Ramblers Association awaiting government decision on amicable solution with Baħrija landowner Sandro Chetcuti to create public access to foreshore

Ramblers Association awaiting government decision on...

Heritage watchdog demands replica of illegally demolished Marsaxlokk house

Cultural Heritage watchdog wants further terracing from proposed hotel facing Xatt is-Sajjieda from that facing the residential area

Cultural Heritage watchdog wants further terracing from...

Court sentence shows Fredrick Azzopardi ordered contractor to continue Wied Qirda works

The contractor has been fined €36,000 for ignoring the stop order issued on the road works, having been told to ignore the orders by the top echelons of...

The contractor has been fined €36,000 for ignoring the...

Graffitti sceptical of ministry plans for Blue Lagoon walkway

Ministry cites safety risk posed by 'aggressive terrain' to making...

Ministry cites safety risk posed by 'aggressive...

MP presents detailed objection to Romano garden restaurant

Nationalist MP Darren Carabott has presented detailed objections to turn an...

Nationalist MP Darren Carabott has presented detailed...

Marsaxlokk FC hostel, elderly home okayed by heritage watchdogs

A football club project for a four-storey high home for the elderly and hostel...

A football club project for a four-storey high home for the...

Hili Group reduces Comino Hotel redevelopment by 5,000 square metres

Comino Hotel developers reduce built footprint, remove one of two piers, and...

Comino Hotel developers reduce built footprint, remove one...

Tal-Hawli saved from ODZ old people’s home

In a final blow to plans to construct a massive old people’s home in...

In a final blow to plans to construct a massive old...

ODZ old people’s home proposed on Għarb farmland

Third time lucky? Application represents third attempt to develop site into an...

Third time lucky? Application represents third attempt to...

Fleur de Lys townhouses kept out of UCA could face the axe

An application has been submitted to demolish two characteristic townhouses...

An application has been submitted to demolish two...

All former ODZ land should have its status reinstated - ADPD

The Green Party says that any remaining virgin land should be retained as such

The Green Party says that any remaining virgin land should...

Existing ‘dirt road’ to link Zabbar to Smart City

Government is considering using an existing dirt road as part of its obligation...

Government is considering using an existing dirt road as...

Romeo Romano garden: Wasteserv proposes fully-fledged restaurant

The application will also introduce a new commercial activity in a garden...

The application will also introduce a new commercial...

EIA studies can’t save unsustainable projects, says ERA chair

“There is the myth that an EIA would by itself solve all environmental...

“There is the myth that an EIA would by itself solve...