Wall off your site!

The Authority has outlined a set of standards that should ensure that the constructed boundary walls will be adequately coherent with the environment and safety standards. These criteria identify that:

• The eight-course boundary wall should be constructed along the official road alignment;

• It should be constructed of limestone or concrete brick material;

• A four-inch concrete capping should be placed above the top course to secure the wall;

• Single walls should have stone pillars constructed to support the wall at two-meter intervals or as advised by the architect overseeing the works;

As from April 16, 2007, local councils will be advising Mepa to issue an enforcement notice on vacant sites that are causing degradation to the environment. Failure to abide by this notice within three months will result in a fine of Lm50 per metre of frontage subject to a maximum of Lm1,000.

Together with this, the site owner will have to pay, with interest, for the works the local council would have incurred for the construction of the boundary wall. No development permits will be issued on these sites if the bills are not settled.