FAA urges PA to deny Milner Street hotel request

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar urged the planning authority to deny a pending application for a 9-story hotel on Milner Street.

On Saturday, residents of Sliema gathered on the street in question to support the ENGO and the Sliema local council.

FAA coordinator Astrid Vella said the request was recommended for denial by the PA case officer because: domains. “

The NGO said the case officer also pointed out that the app exceeds the additional floors allowed for hotels and will create a blank party wall that is prohibited.

“The Planning Authority’s Commission still intends to approve it, despite the fact that just a few weeks ago the Town Planning Court revoked a hotel permit as this would result in a” bad neighborhood â€: noise, traffic and traffic jams. The Palestinian Authority Commission also dismissed Transport Malta’s very rare objection to the lack of garage space and the lack of street parking, cavalierly claiming that the congestion created by tourist buses and vans of delivery would not impact residents, â€Vella said.

She referred to a number of ‘irregular’ permits that have been issued recently, including the Fortina / Captain Morgan pontoon in Balluta and all the outrageous permits that destroy Gozitan villages and landscapes.

The Palestinian Authority employees should not be blamed but the officials, said Vella, and said: “A smell of corruption hangs over the PA.”

The press conference was addressed by local Sliema councilor Paul Radmilli, who insisted that lobbying should be eliminated.

He explained how the various planning policies – local plans, strategic environment and development plan and design guidelines have been rendered toothless by the “flexibility policy” which allows PA board members cancel policies at will.

“This Milner Street case is symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with planning authority – if they’re wrong in Sliema, they’re wrong everywhere. The interpretation of this policy will be used throughout the island. Radmilli concluded.

The FAA has also pointed out that tall buildings on narrow streets trap traffic emissions that contribute to asthma, heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia, “but politicians don’t care. health and quality of life of residents â€.