Litter louts fined

Litter louts are being fined and last month inspectors from the Malta Environment and Planning Authority issued 25 contraventions, amounting to just under €1,500. The authority processed 277 applications and received 558 new ones, leaving 4,640...

Litter louts are being fined and last month inspectors from the Malta Environment and Planning Authority issued 25 contraventions, amounting to just under €1,500.

The authority processed 277 applications and received 558 new ones, leaving 4,640 pending.

Mepa processed 55 development notifications, which do not require a formal application. It also issued 16 fines to developers, whose sites were in breach of management regulations, am-ounting to just over €20,000.

During the same month, 65 stop and enforcement notices were issued, 55 in Malta and 10 in Gozo.

The authority's enforcement section closed 36 cases, 30 in Malta and six in Gozo. Fifteen others were sanctioned by a planning permit and another 21 were resolved by the owners' decision to remove any illegal development and comply with the enforcement notice.

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