Mark Gaffarena, shareholder in the illegal Gaffarena petrol station in Qormi, recently permitted by Mepa to recommence operations, has now applied to build 33 warehouses on ODZ land near Kirkop.
The application was filed for development on a site that was classified as agricultural land until 2012.
It lies on the groundwater protection zone and partly on a listed archaeological buffer zone.
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