Mepa rejects Attard development applications

The Malta Planning and Environment Authority board yesterday rejected two development planning applications at Ta' Fġieni in Attard.

The applications proposed the development of semi-basement garages and residential units over three floors and additional penthouses in Triq Lorenzo Manchè.

Last August, following the scheduling of Villa Bologna, its gardens and boundary walls as a grade one property, Mepa had declared this area as a scheduled buffer zone in a move to further conserve the Villa Bologna complex.

The buffer zone, which extends beyond the two sites in question and includes both Triq Lorenzo Manchè and Triq l-Għenba, now only allows restricted development for buildings not exceeding two floors from street level.

Mepa also approved an outline development application for the construction of a micro-enterprise park along It-Telgħa t'Alla w Ommu, limits of Naxxar. The park is one of six SME parks identified by the authority as part of the SME subject plan approved in July 2004.