The planning authority sanctioned illegalities carried out at Ta’ Maggi Industrial Park. The illegalities were covered by enforcement notices.

The board came down heavily on the developer and the supervising architects for having carried out the illegalities, which will cost the developer more than €44,000 in penalties.

The authority imposed a penalty of more than €27,000 after the developer submitted a planning application to regularise a number of breaches which were not in accordance with the approved plans and permit granted in 2007.

These included the addition of 10 workshops and 36 parking spaces within the confines of the park on the outskirts of Zabbar.

The board also forfeited €17,000, representing 20 per cent of the bank guarantee that had been imposed in the 2007 permit related to landscaping works that had to be carried out on site and which were still outstanding.

It gave the applicant six months to carry out all the landscaping works, emphasising the use of mature trees against a new and additional bank guarantee of €50,000.

The landscaping works had to be carried out prior to the executable development permit being issued.

 

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