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Government’s caravan plans scrapped
The Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs has withdrawn a planning application to develop 75 caravans on an area designated as a Special Area of Conversation and protected by the Habitats Directive, at il-Prajjiet in Mellieha, opposite the Popeye Village.
13 September 2011, 12:00am
James Debono
James Debono
1 min read
The site also falls within the boundaries of the Majjistral Park.
In 2009, the MRRA applied to develop ‘a professional and organised caravan site’ which was to be privately managed to ensure proper standards.
The site was identified following a site selection exercise conducted by MEPA in 2004.
The ministry claimed that the area consisted of “mostly disturbed land” due to dumping from rock-cutting from the construction of the Anchor Bay quay and the road leading to it.
MEPA had issued an enforcement order against the deposit of construction material on this site back in June 2008, but no action was taken to remove the rubble.
A similar application to develop this land as a water-park and a caravan site had been presented by private developer Silvio Debono in 2006. The application is still pending.
In 2010 the government withdrew a similar application for a caravan site in iz-Zonqor, in the vicinity of the Marsaskala national pool.
James Debono is MaltaToday's chief reporter on environment, planning and land use issues, ...
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