Ħondoq ir-Rummien appeal hearing put off
Published on the Malta Independent on Wednesday, 1st February, 2012 by Annaliza Borg.
The Ħondoq ir-Rummien proposed development appeal hearing was yesterday put off to 22 May, after new designs for the project were presented and the Malta Environment and Planning Authority said that both could not be accepted at this stage of proceedings.
Mepa is insisting the new designs vary much from the ones on which the appeal is based so it is insisting that a new application should be filed.
The lawyers representing the developers, and Mepa, are to present submissions in writing on a legal point regarding whether the significantly revised plans can be accepted or not. These notes are to be presented within two months.
The developers aim to build a five-star hotel, 285 villas and flats, 10 shops and five restaurants, with what was originally a 150-boat marina being changed into a proposed swimming lagoon. Plans were first submitted in 2002.
Environmental groups have called for the picturesque area to be turned into a national park to be run by Qala local council.
One main bone of contention in the project, the yacht marina, has been eliminated, in favour of the lagoon in the reworked plans.
Another new proposal is to have the distillation plant, of which only a small part is used, removed and turned into a car park.
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