Developers to appeal PA rejection of Wied Għomor elderly home
The controversial application for an old people’s home outside the development zone in Wied Għomor will be the subject of an appeal after being rejected overwhelmingly by the Planning Authority.
The appeal, which is scheduled to be heard on Thursday, seeks to overturn the refusal to grant a permit for a 133-room elderly residence in a disused quarry in the valley, which is located outside development zones between San Ġwann and Swieqi.
The application was rejected unanimously by the PA board in May, despite having been recommended for approval.
The board said the proposed development within the valley area breached a number of objectives set out in the approved Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development.
Swieqi mayor Noel Muscat, one of several vociferous opponents of the project, told the Times of Malta yesterday: “The appeal is extremely disappointing when you consider people’s anger at what is happening with the environment all over the country.
“Swieqi is being overdeveloped, with no consideration for adequate open spaces, and now they’re going to destroy one of the few open spaces we have left.”
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