Dissecting the proposed fireworks factories policy

Abstract

The proposals recently launched by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority for the enactment of a holistic policy on fireworks factories are yet more grist to the surging mill of policies and proposed policy revisions that the policy-weary public and NGOs must already contend with. When one considers the multitude of proposals issued concerning building heights in touristic areas, the floor-to-area ratio, the Outside Development Zone policy revisions and the local plan revisions, one word springs to mind – overkill.

This aside, the proposals on fireworks factories are meant to address a current vacuum in policies concerning such factories, which to date have always been assessed on an ad hoc basis.