Mellieha deadline approaching

Abstract

At Gnajn Zejtuna in Melliena Bay, trouble has been brewing for the past few years, and things seem close to boiling over. Albert Mizzi, on behalf of Cenmed Ltd, has been soliciting boathouse owners in the area to either pay an annual fee by August 15 to make use of a concrete platform in front of their boathouses or else foot the bill of removing the platform and subsequent legal expenses. So far, you might dismiss this as just another case of litigation between two parties. The plot thickens when it transpires that an application (PA 07534/07) was submitted two years ago for building development to sprawl further towards the sea by constructing bungalows on the footprint taken up by the concrete platforms in question. Hence, uncommitted coastal resources on site are being used as leverage by one side in order to force its case. Further development on site should certainly not be permitted, especially since rampant development has already pillaged the area beyond recognition. Mr Mizzi has another pending application for the opposite flank of Gnadira Bay for a number of bungalows in an ODZ area behind the Melliena Bay Hotel.