Press Releases: Urban Design

Positive Heritage Initiatives

Heritage and environment NGO Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomes recent initiatives in favour of Malta’s natural and built heritage. The cast-iron protection of a these ecological sites is of the utmost importance, especially at ecological oases like Comino, where a major development project is being planned. Dr Claire......

Press Release issued on: 08/03/2017

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NGOs Welcome Decision Affirming Right To Appeal

Flimkien għal  Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the Environmental and Planning Review Tribunal’s decision confirming the eNGOs’ and ERA’s right to appeal in the TownSquare and Mriehel high-rise cases. This decision shows that civil society has a legal right to be heard at all stages and for a of the planning process.  The NGOs......

Press Release issued on: 19/01/2017

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NGOs Vow To Fight On For The Right To Protect The Environment

Flimkien għal  Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, the Ramblers Association of Malta and the Qui-si-Sana Residents Association – the organisations which are appealing  the PA’s approval of the Townsquare and Mrieħel high-rises, refer to the  Planning Authority’s attempt to stop them from exercising......

Press Release issued on: 18/01/2017

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FAA, Ramblers & FoE file appeal against controversial Mrieħel development

5th October ENGOs Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta and Ramblers Association Malta have filed a joint appeal against the granting of permission for four high rise towers in Mrieħel. The appellant ENGOs reiterate their firm conviction that the Mrieħel locality was included as a location suitable for high-rise......

Press Release issued on: 05/10/2016

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FAA, FoE, Ramblers & Qui-si-Sana Residents’ Association file joint appeal against Townsquare development

23rd September 2016 ENGOs Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta and Ramblers Association Malta, with the Qui si-Sana Resident’s Association, have filed a joint appeal to the Environment & Planning Review Tribunal against the approval of the Sliema High-rise TownSquare development. The appeal was prepared......

Press Release issued on: 23/09/2016

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Civil Society Injunction in Favour of Studies Rebuffed

The Court has communicated its decision not to uphold the Injunctions instated by Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Qui si-Sana and Tigne Residents’ Association, Friends of the Earth Malta, along with several residents, in the case of the TownSquare project in Sliema, and Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Din l-Art Helwa, Friends......

Press Release issued on: 27/07/2016

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Prohibitory Injunction Upheld By Court

Dear Sir/Madam, Please note that the Warrant of Prohibitory Injunction instituted by Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA), Din l-Art Helwa, Friends of the Earth and Partit Demokratiku has been provisionally upheld by the Court, and as a result, today’s Planning Authority session where the four-tower Mriehel project was recommended......

Press Release issued on: 30/06/2016

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Planning Authority Ruining Lija

In recommending approval of PA 01692/16 to build 27 apartments on a single virgin plot, the Planning Authority seems determined to ruin the streetscape and quality of life of Lija, one of the last towns that has not been scarred by the uglification of Malta. The DC 2015 policy that was touted as an enlightened planning guidance......

Press Release issued on: 15/06/2016

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FAA Comments on PN Environmental Policy

Flimkien għal Ambjent Ahjar welcomes the PN’s declarations in their policy document issued yesterday, which places the well-being of the person at the centre of the PN environmental policy, aiming to enhance the liveability of Malta’s towns and villages. This is in fact the focus of FAA’s remit, as the eNGO maintains that......

Press Release issued on: 09/06/2016

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Five Architects and FAA call for Conservation of Maltese Architecture

Prompted by serious concern about the accelerating pace of destruction of heritage on the Maltese Islands five experts in architectural heritage, Prof Alex Torpiano, Dr Claude Busuttil, Prof Conrad Thake, Perit Edward Said and Prof Richard England yesterday spoke out about the deteriorating levels of heritage preservation, in......

Press Release issued on: 26/05/2016

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