The Msida local council is objecting to residential development on an 18,767sq.m site in Swatar between Valley Road, behind the Charles Grech outlet, and Triq Indri Grima above
Swatar landowners now want to change local plans to force development plans
Owners of 123,000sq.m farmland want to change local plan that limits development and requires development brief before any construction takes place
26 January 2021, 9:15am
by James Debono
The developers want to enshrine the development of 70% of the site, and the inclusion of commercial and residential development as high as 22m in the local plan
The owners of a 123,000 sq.m plot of land in Swatar have changed their tactics to obtain approval to develop a swath of agricultural land that defines the landscape by the Dun Karm bypass.
Another patch of Valley road greenery under threat
Plans have been submitted for the development of 13, five-storey blocks on a site presently characterised by terraced fields and trees
24 December 2020, 10:48am
by James Debono
The building development is now being proposed both in the upper and lower parts of the site, with open spaces being interspersed in different areas of the site
Plans have been submitted for the development of 13, five-storey blocks on an 18,750sq.m site presently characterised by terraced fields and trees set between Valley Road behind the Charles Grech outlet, and Triq Indri Grima in Swatar.
The massive site – the size of three football grounds – had been added to development zones in the infamous extension of boundaries carried out in 2006.