No development brief for Villa Bonici

I refer to the news article NGOs Insist Large Sliema Garden Should Be Protected (May 9). It is very positive that various NGOs, including Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar, BirdLife Malta, Friends of the Earth, Greenhouse, NatureTrust, the Ramblers...

I refer to the news article NGOs Insist Large Sliema Garden Should Be Protected (May 9). It is very positive that various NGOs, including Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar, BirdLife Malta, Friends of the Earth, Greenhouse, NatureTrust, the Ramblers Association, Żminijietna Voice of the Left and Sliema Residents' Association are objecting to the proposed development of about 23 blocks of apartments, some rising as high as 12 floors, in one of Sliema's last remaining green lungs.

Both Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party and the Sliema local council have respectively written to Mepa to object to the proposed development at Villa Bonici (PA 6239/08). According to Sliema's local plan, development in the Villa Bonici area requires a development brief. This does not yet exist. So why has Mepa not immediately refused the proposed development?

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