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7 NEWS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 26 JANUARY 2022 and not political. Today, we have minister Caruana, who is using business-speak because his are not the words of a politician. But he is part of a government that has been here since 2013. This is why we need to have an airline that is co- owned to ensure this commercial sense remains throughout," Grech said. www.planningauthority.com VACANCY DEPUTY DIRECTOR (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT) The role entails responsibilities for the development application process including the formulation of policies, procedures, and practices in conformity with all the planning legislation. Successful candidates must be in possession of the following: - Qualifications At least a first degree or a comparable professional qualification as recognized by the MQRIC, preferably in Architecture and Civil Engineering, or Land Use Planning, or Enforcement, or Business Administration, or other related subject. Experience At least 5 years' experience in development management and / or control, or 7 years' experience in a management position, with a track record of achievements in development management, including mature experience in liaising and dealing with top executives. Skills Outstanding communicator (verbal and written). Fluency in Maltese and English. Strategically oriented. Ability to formulate recommendations. A demonstrated track record of goal and achievement orientation. Computer/word-processing literate. Good ability to withstand stress from public contact and complaints. Abilities Ability to formulate recommendations and solve problems. Ability to work under pressure as part of the Planning Authority Management team. Candidates are to present scanned copies of all qualifications with their application together with proof of local equivalence, for certificates which are not issued by the University of Malta or MCAST, which equivalence documentation is issued by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA). Candidates who are in possession of a foreign degree/s, are also to present a translated copy of their degree/s in English. All certificates and equivalence documentation are to be presented with the application, by the closing date for submissions. The above post is for a definite period of three (3) years. Interested candidates are advised to submit their application via email on ceooffice@pa.org.mt together with a detailed curriculum vitae in PDF format, by not later than 3rd February 2022 and addressed to: The Executive Chairman Planning Authority Ref: Deputy Director (Development Management) Jobsplus Permit No 52/2022 For further information visit our website www.pa.org.mt/en/vacancies in this case, if the application is approved, a "sanctioning fine" normally equivalent to the dai- ly fine, will be applicable. But the developers' architects used another planning loop- hole by requesting the sus- pension of the application in August 2021. The PA spokes- person confirmed that the ap- plication is suspended until 4 February 2022, or until the ar- chitect reactivates the applica- tion, whichever comes first. Yet over 2,200 objections were submitted against the regularisation of the blatant il- legality. In its submissions on the ap- plication, the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) said that the proposed sanc- tioning was not acceptable in an Outside Development Zone (ODZ), "let alone within a pro- tected Area of Ecological Im- portance and Natura 2000". "The current access should therefore remain unhindered," ERA's report adds, pointing out that the area is considered to have special conservation and protection status under the Habitats and Wild Bird Di- rectives. The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage expressed concern on this application, noting that the site in question is located in a pristine cultural landscape in an area is of con- siderable archaeological sensi- tivity with numerous examples of cart ruts recorded in the surrounding landscape. The Baħrija Bronze Age Settlement is located just over 100m to the north. Apart from sanctioning the gate, the company, Touch- stone Ltd, also wants to build a 95m-long, 1.2m high rubble wall around land the company says it owns in the picturesque and archeologically sensitive ix-Xagħra tal-Vikarju in Baħri- ja. The rubble wall will effec- tively turn the open and scenic walkway into a corridor. The company is owned by the Baħrija landowners Eliza Lim- ited, which had acquired the land claimed by the feudal title of the Barony of Baħria. Back in 2005, the company had attempted to evict farm- ers after buying a 1,500-tumolo parcel from Salvatore Con- soli-Palermo-Navarra, whose heirs sold the land for some €2.5 million.