‘We can’t go on like this’ | Astrid Vella
The Planning Authority is approving more development projects than ever before – specially in Gozo. But Flimkien Għall-Ambjent Aħjar president ASTRID VELLA argues that developers have now ‘crossed a line’; and that people will no longer put up with the loss of their townscapes on such a massive scale
20 April 2021, 7:13am
by Raphael Vassallo
In a recent press release, environmental NGOs - including FAA – raised the alarm over a 300% increase in construction and development in Gozo: arguing that this “is the result of the present climate where developers are emboldened by the ‘elasticisation of planning policies’.” Can you elaborate on that? How have Malta’s planning policies been manipulated, to permit development on such a large scale?