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NGOs reiterate concern over Ramla proposal

A developer plans to build 23 villas with pools on the hill sloping down to Ramla Bay.

A developer plans to build 23 villas with pools on the hill sloping down to Ramla Bay.

Two NGOs have once again challenged an application to build 23 villas with pools at Ramla Bay in Gozo and expressed disappointment that the planning authority has granted developers another chance to further their appeal.

Plans to build 23 villas with pools on the hillside sloping down to Ramla Bay were approved in 2007, but following a national outcry the permit was subsequently rescind­ed on grounds, the developers’ declaration that the site was all private land was incorrect.

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and Save Ramla Group claimed the appeal was being heard even though the developers had paid only a fraction of the appeal fees.

During the hearing held in Gozo last Thursday, the developers also admitted that the small parcel of land in question was not their property, stating that they had a Planning Control Application in order to apply to change the designation of this land so they could build on it, the NGOs said.

FAA and Save Ramla renewed their call for public support of their campaign to save the picturesque surroundings of the bay from development.

“If this permit is issued, the building up of the whole Ramla headland will be inevitable,” they warned.

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