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Tribunal slashes fines: €42,000 discount for Gaffarena, no mercy for Polidano
Planning tribunal slashes €169,000 in 25 different daily fines imposed by Planning Authority, denying petitions by construction company Polidano Bros
15 April 2021, 7:33am
by James Debono
Mark Gaffarena had secured the Handaq land occupied by the Cavett lido in a €1.65 million property-and-cash deal in 2015 – the Old Mint Street scandal – in exchange for his half-share of a Valletta property that housed a government agency’s offices. In 2018, Gaffarena presented new plans for an agritourism complex on the Handaq field but the application was later withdrawn
A tribunal that slashes the Planning Authority’s daily fines and penalties on rule-breakers waived a total of €169,458 in fines on 25 planning infractions – either on humanitarian grounds, or because the fines were disproportionate.