12 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 MARCH 2022
NEWS
FGURA
GUDJA
PAOLA
ST. LUCIJA
ĦAL TARXIEN
4
MELLIEĦA
NAXXAR
SAN PAWL IL-BAĦAR
12
Membru Parlamentari u Kandidat għall-Partit Laburista
għar-Raba' u t-Tnax-il Distrett
.
JAMES DEBONO
THE Planning Authority is set
to approve a brand new super-
market on Mosta's Triq id-Di-
fiża Ċivili, just 60m away from
the existing Lidl supermarket.
And with the demolition of
the Josmar warehouse set to
yield archaeological remains
such as tombs and cart ruts,
these are planned to be "inte-
grated in the development" in-
side the supermarket's under-
ground car park – in between
parking bays.
Peprina Ltd's development,
owned by Christian James
Gatt and Nathalie Gatt, is be-
ing recommended for approv-
al by the Planning Authority's
case officer with a decision by
the PA's planning commission
scheduled for Wednesday –
just three days before the gen-
eral election.
The PA had already approved
the redevelopment of the ware-
house complex in 2019 but re-
fused the inclusion of a shop-
ping mall as this was deemed to
be against policies disallowing
retail development in this area.
The project is a 1,346sq.m
supermarket at ground lev-
el, with the same footprint
of the previously approved
warehouses, and a two-storey
New Mosta
supermarket near
Lidl will integrate
archaeological
remains in
basement car park
Mosta archaeological remains to be
integrated into supermarket parking
