A decision on the relocation of a fuel station to Magħtab was postponed after the court provisionally upheld an injunction filed by residents.

The planning authority this afternoon had to decide on the relocation of a fuel station from Mosta to Magħtab but chairman Vince Cassar informed board members of the court injunction.

The board unanimously agreed to postpone hearing the application until the court decided on the injunction that residents filed on Wednesday.

The application by Paul Abela, of Abel Energy, is to demolish two derelict farmhouses and build a fuel station with an electric car charging station, car wash, shop, car mechanic workshop, stores and a parking lot that would take 17 vehicles.

It is being opposed by several Magħtab residents, the local council and Mepa’s own environment directorate.

The proposed site is a 3,593-square-metre, triangular-shaped piece of land in Triq is-Salina and Trejqet l-Arznu, Naxxar, near the T’Alla w Ommu hill. Residents have complained that the site is directly adjacent to a number of homes and would bring with it a host of environmental issues including increased traffic, rural deterioration and noise pollution.