PA gives its blessing to some of Ċaqnu’s illegal buildings
The Planning Authority board on Thursday sanctioned illegal developments carried out by magnate Charles Polidano on his concrete batching plant in Ħal-Farruġ as well as an adjacent building that serves as sleeping quarters for foreign employees.
Polidano – known as iċ-Ċaqnu, applied for the sanctioning of a number of developments which included a re-designed head office block, changes to an approved fuel station and a number of other illegalities on the large site occupied by his company on the outskirts of Luqa.
The two separate applications, filed by Polidano in 2010, were given the green light by six in favour and one against in the first application and five in favour and two against in the case of the second application.
In both cases, the Planning Authority’s case officer had recommended that the application be granted against a total fine of almost €33,000 to make up for the illegalities on site, which differed from the originally-approved plans.
The first application sanctioned the bricks production area, also known as hollow core blocks, and the installation of equipment related to the plant operations, enclosures on the external plant storage area and changes to an...