ODZ applications

Abstract

I refer to the letter by Architect David Pace, president of the Chamber of Architects, published last Sunday. I concede that not all architects are cut of the same cloth, but I think Mr Pace is well aware of the same circle of architects whose names are connected with sanctionings and ODZ applications. Can he vouch for all his colleagues that they would normally advise their clients not to apply for ODZ sites, for the 'common good' as he states? What I object to is Mr Pace's branding my claims and those of Maurice Mizzi as 'frivolous'. After all the pains I take to get public scrutiny of all the planning foul-ups in this country, Mr Pace dispels my efforts as frivolous. So are all the pictures accompanying my articles regarding specific cases simply a figment of my imagination? Is it not architects who apply on their clients' behalf to get all the shameful sanctionings I show week in week out? Isn't it obvious that I will lambast architects if they are responsible for continuously piling up the pressure on MEPA to reach their ends?