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In 2018 the PA had ruled out a similar development on the same site because the policy regulating solar farms excludes such developments on backfilled and “restored” sites. ....
The developers behind a proposed massive solar farm in Mġarr, which was unanimously rejected by the Planning Authority board, cannot change their plans when fil ....
Stakeholders and the public are invited to participate in a live online public consultation on the recently-submitted Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) about the development of disused quarries, and other sites, into solar farms. This consultation will take place on December 16, starting at 2.30pm. The conversion of disused quarries into solar farms will enable numerous beneficial impacts in the areas of air quality, energy and climate change, and human health. The recent submission of the Planning Authority-commissioned SEA by AIS Environment has been another important step towards the implementation of the Solar Farm Policy for the Maltese islands. Fulfilling the policy’s paragraph 5.4 − which requires the completion of a plan-level environmental assessment for all quarries within, partly within or adjacent to Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) − the SEA studied the effect of the development measures on six environmental ....