5.12.19
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TOWNSCAPES
PA board turns down extension
of fuel station on ODZ land
THE Planning Board gave a
thumbs down for an existing
fuel station to be given plan-
ning permission to extend its
facilities on ODZ land.
The existing station along
Triq il-Mina ta' Hompesch,
limits of Zabbar sought to
construct a Class 4B shop,
install fuel storage tanks at
basement level and relocate
its 4 fuel filling stations to a
vacant parcel of land adjacent
to its existing facility.
The Broad cited that the pro-
posed extension runs coun-
ter to the 2015 Fuel Service
Stations Policy, which only
allows upgrading of existing
fuel stations without the fur-
ther take-up of ODZ land.
Additionally, the Board also
noted that the development
would compromise an agri-
cultural area when its use is
not necessary or legitimate in
rural areas.
The Planning Board also
turned down an outline de-
velopment application for
the construction of a Primary
Junior School to cater for 880
students proposed to be situ-
ated in Pembroke adjacent to
a Natura 2000 site.
The school with a site area of
approximately 15,927 square
metres planned to have 36
classes, a kindergarten, an-
cillary facilities inclusive of
extensive spaces for outdoor
playing and sports facilities.
The site on which the school
was proposed to be built is
primarily garrigue land sit-
ting across a residential area.
The Board agreed with the
Planning Directorate's rec-
ommendation that the pro-
posed project will compro-
mise the objectives of the
Pembroke Development Brief
as detailed in the North Har-
bours Local Plan.
An outline development application for a primary school in Pembroke was turned down
