Mepa approves Poligas plant IPPC permit
The Poligas Plant in Luqa was this morning granted an environmental permit from the Malta Environment and Planning Authority against a number of conditions.
These include a financial guarantee of €11,500 and a €5,500 contribution to Mepa's the Environmental Fund.
The IPPC permit, for four years, regulates the management and operational conduct of the site. It was granted unanimously.
The plant is mainly used for the production of acetylene.
The board heard this morning that a fireworks factory nearby was 253 metres away. The buffer zone according to law is a minimum of 183 metres.
This morning, Mepa also postponed an application by Westin Dragonara for the development of a two-storey underground car park for 220 cars and public garden on top on the strip of public road adjacent to the hotel.
The application was recommended for refusal by the Planning Directorate because of Grade 2 scheduled wall on site which used to form part of fortifications that stretched along the coast.
The applicant had proposed a buffer zone around the wall so that it would not be touched.
However, the board noted this morning that the wall had been compromised when a service road to the hotel was constructed.
The board decided to postpone its decision to give the directorate time to draw up terms and conditions, without prejudice to any decision that would be taken by the board on the application.
The directorate had proposed that if the application is granted it should be accompanied by a high bank guarantee to protect the wall.
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Mr Tony Camilleri
Sep 29th 2011, 12:55
This morning, Mepa also postponed an application by Westin Dragonara for the development of a two-storey underground car park for 220 cars and public garden on top on the strip of public road adjacent to the hotel.
Whoever owns the property owns what is beneath the ground and the air space. The public road belongs to the public and underneath the public road is also public property. So the hotel has NO right to have an underground parking under the road making money from PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Carmel Cilia
Sep 29th 2011, 17:12
You are 100 per cent correct but this is Malta and this is MEPA: As to promises made by both it has become ridiculous nearly all the larger beaches have been taken over by speculators who want to make an easy life with easy cash from public property. You see this is Malta.