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MEPA stops works on Agatha Barbara’s villa The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has refused to issue a permit for the illegal works carried out on land surrounding a secluded villa in Gozo set on Ghammar Hill, opposite the Ta’ Pinu church.The villa belonged to the late former President of the Republic Agatha Barbara, who had been issued with a controversial permit for building the villa by the Labour government in 1984, despite protests by environmentalists. MEPA had issued an enforcement order against the construction of an illegal 60-metre wall in 2008. Subsequently the new owners of the villa tried to legalise these works, claiming the wall was necessary to resist pressure from the clay slope, which is threatening the stability of Villa Barbara. But a site inspection revealed that the illegal works also comprised the expansion of the villa’s back garden through excavations into the clay slope. These works not only resulted in a major overspill of construction material onto surrounding agricultural land, but also destabilised the clay slope. Any comments? |
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