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SmartCity ready to start building
SmartCity Malta has reached an advanced planning stage and is ready to start construction of its ICT/media township at Ricasoli as soon as the Planning Authority gives the go-ahead.
(The Times 02/09/2008) read more...

Housing much harder to afford
Buying a house has become significantly harder to afford over the last few years as prices have risen sharply while disposable income remained relatively constant, according to a paper published in the latest edition of Bank of Valletta Review.
(The Times 01/09/2008) read more...

Siggiewi mayor stresses home renovation work all above board
Siggiewi mayor Robert Musumeci stressed yesterday that all internal work being carried out at a residence he is renovating in the village centre is above board. It does not require a full development permit, but only a development notification order that has already been filed with the Malta Environment and Planning Authority.
(The Independent on Sunday 31/08/2008) read more...

The law is not and will not be broken in Lija – architect
The architect of a controversial development that has stirred up a hornets’ nest in the otherwise quiet village of Lija yesterday pledged that a verdict expected to be handed down by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority on Thursday will be respected to the letter.
(The Independent on Sunday 31/08/2008) read more...

Luqa cemetery expansion finds Bronze Age remains
A cluster of five silos dating back to the Bronze Age period were recently discovered when excavation work, forming part of a project to extend the Luqa cemetery, was being carried out.
(The Independent on Sunday 31/08/2008) read more...

MLP asks who is responsible for building energy efficiency
New regulations to come into force in 2009
(The Sunday Times 31/08/2008) read more...

St John's: Sacred spaces and fundamentalist approaches
At a meeting held at the premises of Din l-Art Ħelwa, Edward Bencini, consultant architect to St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation, gave a presentation to NGOs and other associations on the proposed expansion of St John's Co-Cathedral Museum.
(The Times 29/08/2008) read more...

MLP launches public consultation exercise on Mepa reform
The Labour Party yesterday launched another public consultation exercise about the reform of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority “as part of leader Joseph Muscat’s commitment for the Labour Party to be the voice of the people of Malta and Gozo”.
(The Malta Independent 28/08/2008) read more...

St John's museum extension proposal
Church commission adopts wait-and-see stance
(The Times 28/08/2008) read more...

Controversy at St John's Co-Cathedral
The issues surrounding the proposals to develop exhibition space at St John's Co-Cathedral have touched a raw nerve.
(The Times 27/08/2008) read more...

NGOs call on Mepa to publish Ta' Ċenċ plans
Eight environmental NGOs have called on Mepa to publish online the fresh plans submitted for the extension of the Ta' Ċenċ Hotel in Gozo.
(The Times 27/08/2008) read more...

Is St John's a church or a museum?
There is nothing that compares to St John's Co-Cathedral in the Mediterranean; in fact in the whole of Europe if not the world.
(The Times 26/08/2008) read more...

'Need for more information about heritage'
The newly-appointed chairman of the Valletta, Mdina and Cottonera rehabilitation committees wants to give people more information about Malta's heritage.
(The Times 26/08/2008) read more...

NGOs call on MEPA to publish Ta' Cenc plans
Eight environmental NGOs have called on the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) to publish online the fresh plans submitted for the extension of the hotel at Ta’ Cenc in Gozo.
(The Times 26/08/2008) read more...

Chairman reappointed
Architect Adrian Mamo has been reconfirmed as chairman of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.
(The Malta Independent 25/05/2008) read more...

Monte di Pieta’ building again damaged due to excavation work below
The 16th century Monte di Pieta’ building in Merchants Street, Valletta, the national public pawnbrokers, has again been damaged extensively due to excavation work carried out on the site occupied by a confectionary.
(The Independent on Sunday 24/08/2008) read more...

Mepa’s Heritage Board against digging up Valletta
Mepa’s Heritage Advisory Committee has ruled that two major projects being considered for Valletta, one in Palace Square by the State and one in front of St John’s Co-Cathedral by the Foundation for St John’s Co-Cathedral, which is a joint Church-State body, should not be considered or approved inasmuch as they envisage the digging up of important sites in Valletta.
(The Independent on Sunday 24/08/2008) read more...

St Thomas Tower rehabilitation project: First phase completed
The 1614 St Thomas Tower has had the first phase of its rehabilitation completed, with the removal of some 18 skips of rubbish and construction material.
(The Malta Independent 23/08/2008) read more...

Dislodged block at Pietà old Customs verandah removed
The dislodged block which lay suspended on scaffolding at the old Customs verandah in Pieta on Thursday was removed
(The Times 23/08/2008) read more...

Proposed extension to St John's Co-Cathedral Museum
Foundation accuses detractors of misleading public
(The Times 22/08/2008) read more...

Need for strategy on high-rise buildings – MLP
Roderick Galdes, the Labour Party’s spokesman for planning, said the need was being increasingly felt of a clear policy and national strategy relating to the construction of high-rise buildings.
(The Malta Independent 21/08/2008) read more...

Record number of objections to co-cathedral museum proposals
We are backing the foundation in seeking more exhibition space, through alternative sites - FAA
(The Times 21/08/2008) read more...

Police, Mepa and warden crackdown on rubbish begins tomorrow
The Police Corps, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) and local wardens will join forces tomorrow for an unannounced, wide-sweeping 10-day crackdown on littering and dumping contraventions, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt.
(The Independent on Sunday 17/08/2008) read more...

Vandalised ancient farmstead to be restored
A historic farmstead in Manikata is being restored to its former glory after years of neglect and vandalism.
(The Sunday Times 17/08/2008) read more...

New aerial images of Maltese islands added to Mepa archives
The extensive aerial photographic records at the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) have been beefed up with detailed and definitive aerial imagery of the Maltese islands, Mepa said yesterday.
(The Times 14/08/2008) read more...

Villa Bologna gets buffer zone
Mepa has provided Villa Bologna with a buffer zone, possibly ending the controversy that has been brewing for months over this historic landmark.
(The Times 13/08/2008) read more...

Proposals to extend St John's Co-Cathedral Museum
Foundation prefers digging to building
(The Times 13/08/2008) read more...

Mepa: the terminally ill patient conducting a diagnosis on itself
Will the Mepa reform be cosmetic or will it be a root and branch overhaul of its entire structures?
(The Malta Independent 12/08/2008) read more...

Part of mediaeval tower unearthed in Mdina
Excavation works in Mdina have exposed part of a semi-circular mediaeval tower which was buried by the Order of the Knights of St John who reigned over the island between 1530 and 1798.
(The Times 12/08/2008) read more...

Plans for a more uniform look to Valletta streets
Old cities' rehabilitation committees restructured
(The Times 12/08/2008) read more...

Architects welcome government's commitment to reform Mepa
The Kamra tal-Periti (Chamber of Architects) has welcomed the government's commitment to undertake what it said were the necessary and much desired reforms to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa).
(The Times 05/08/2008) read more...

Heritage foundation takes over St Thomas Tower
St Thomas Tower in Marsascala has been entrusted to the heritage organisation Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna (FWA).
(The Times 05/08/2008) read more...

St John's Co-Cathedral museum extension
Foundation asks Mepa to draw up EIA terms of reference
(The Times 01/08/2008) read more...

Mepa reform
Solutions are not easy - Gonzi
(The Times 01/08/2008) read more...

Mepa reform: PM, Mepa chairman in consultation with GRTU
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and the chairman of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), Austin Walker, yesterday held the first in a series of seven meetings with constituted bodies and NGOs on the Mepa reform.
(The Malta Independent 30/07/2008) read more...

Mepa State of the Environment Indicators 2007
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority’s (Mepa) State of the Environment Indicators report has shown that nitrate levels at nine out of the 13 Water Services Corporation (WSC) groundwater abstraction boreholes, exceed the EU standard
(The Malta Independent 29/07/2008) read more...

Owners request revocation of scheduling of land at Villa Bologna
The owners of a parcel of land forming part of Villa Bologna, in Attard, yesterday filed an appeal with the Planning Appeals Board requesting the revocation of a decision through which their land has been scheduled
(The Times 29/07/2008) read more...

Concrete monstrosity in Dwejra still standing
Alternattiva Demokratika has condemned the "concrete monstrosity" which continues to mar Dwejra, even though the development was halted by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority four months ago.
(The Sunday Times 27/07/2008) read more...

Sliema townhouses demolition
Mepa accused of breaching heritage law
(The Times 25/07/2008) read more...

The end of the Magic Kiosk
Square to be restored to former glory
(The Times 24/07/2008) read more...

Energy performance of buildings
The Cabinet last Monday approved the publication of the legal notice on the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2008.
(The Times 23/07/2008) read more...

Restoration of St Anthony's Battery
Work continues in earnest during the hot months on one of Din l-Art Ħelwa's most challenging restoration projects so far, that of St Anthony's Battery at Qala Point.
(The Times 21/07/2008) read more...

Lija residents celebrate as main avenue is listed
Developers seek compensation
(The Times 20/07/2008) read more...

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