The planning authority has a backlog of more than 8,000 pending enforcement cases, some dating back to the early 1990s, on which no action has yet been taken.
The figure emerged as Times of Malta was enquiring about a squatter who has been illegally occupying part of Zammit Clapp Hospital’s car park for almost a decade and using it as a paddock for his animals.
The squatter erected a fence in the car park and built illegal stables to house his horses and other animals, causing great inconvenience to residents and visitors to the hospital.
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