A private project by Transport Minister Ian Borg to develop an agricultural field adjacent to his dwelling into a swimming pool and an al fresco dining area in the middle of a rural valley in a hamlet outside Rabat, has hit another snag as a new objection has been filed to halt the project.
Noel Ciantar, who has been objecting to Dr Borg’s private residential development for years, including a case filed with the Ombudsman and the Commission Against Corruption, presented an appeal in front of the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal to reverse the granting of a permit to Dr Borg and his wife.
In the 25-page appeal, Mr Ciantar presented 11 reasons why the tribunal should revoke the permit given by the Planning Commission last October.
Among the main reasons, Mr Ciantar claimed that the Planning Authority used a different policy to justify the development and which did not apply to the rural area; that the decision makers – members of the Planning Commission – did not declare a conflict of interest when they were appointed to their public position by Dr Borg and that the PA had failed to “review” Dr Borg’s original permit as directed by the Ombudsman who had found that the…
