A planning application seeks to turn a disused fireworks factory outside the development zone in Dingli into tourist accommodation.
The proposed development lays plans for an expansive complex on a site of about 6,275sqm. The complex is split into 14 bungalows, each with its own swimming pool, as well as a management block and ancillary facilities, including a cesspit.
The former Pulvich fireworks factory is located in an area known as il-Qaws and is a designated Natura 2000 site in bet-ween L-Irdum ta’ l-Iħfar and Ix-Xagħra tal-Qaws.
The site is also adjacent to another two Natura 2000 sites and falls within a scheduled Area of Ecological Importance as well as an Area of High Landscape Value.
Labour MP’s Ta’ Cenc pool on garigue gets thumbs-down from watchdogs
Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and ERA object to plans by former minister Manuel Mallia to develop a pool on garigue land at Ta’ Cenc
5 February 2021, 7:41am
by James Debono
The ERA recommended that the pool be relocated to a more sensible area where no garigue is present
The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and the Environment and Resources Authority are objecting to plans by former minister and sitting Labour MP Manuel Mallia, to develop a pool on garigue land at Ta’ Cenc.
Villa Feigel, where the development is proposed, forms part of cluster of 11 villas constructed in the 1960s.
Tal-Wej landowners object to Natura 2000 zoning
Three landowners are contesting a decision by the Environment and Resources Authority to designate the ecologically rich Tal-Wej area between Mosta and Naxxar, as a Natura 2000 site
12 January 2021, 7:26am
by James Debono
Three landowners, namely Joseph Camilleri, Louis Deguara and Leonard Vella, have filed an appeal against the designation, claiming they were denied a right of fair hearing when the ERA designated the area as a Natura 2000 site in September
Three landowners are contesting a decision by the Environment and Resources Authority to designate the ecologically rich Tal-Wej area between Mosta and Naxxar, as a Natura 2000 site.
Roman-era olive grove to be protected through close collaboration between Ambjent Malta and Heritage Malta
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Ambjent Malta and Heritage Malta have been collaborating closely to ensure the protection and upkeep of an olive grove with significant importance in Bidnija, with trees as old as 1,800 years.
This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia and Minister for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government José Herrera during the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two entities.
The Conservation Plan outlined in this MOU includes the details of the measures that are undertaken by both Ambjent Malta and Heritage Malta.