01.08.19
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TOWNSCAPES
LAST week, the Planning Board re-
fused a planning application for the
construction of a new fuel service sta-
tion with ancillary services along Triq
l-Imdina, in Attard.
The Board cited that the proposed
fuel station goes against the existing
fuel station policy in that it will be lo-
cated less than 500 metres from an ex-
isting service station which although
located on the opposite lane, is still
easily accessible.
The Board also noted that the pro-
posal was excessive in scale and was
partly located within the 300-metre
buffer zone for groundwater safe-
guard.
The site is characterised by unde-
veloped land with no defined physical
boundaries with the exception of a
rubble wall along the frontage on Triq
l-Imdina and a small single-storey
stone building located on the south-
west corner of the site which is now
derelict.
The proposed development was to
include an underground parking area
and stores while at ground floor level
the facility was to have a tyre servic-
es garage, two shops with overlying
offices, four fuel pump stations, an
automatic car wash and two charging
stations for electric vehicles.
Lightweight canopies were proposed
to cover the fuelling pumps and car
wash facilities.
The fuel station was to replace an-
other existing fuel station situated in
Triq il-Wied, Msida.
Planning Authority turns
down application for new
petrol station in Attard
the area earmarked for development
