THE local council results have given
the Labour Party an absolute major-
ity nationwide but the party has lost
ground in all electoral districts, a
MaltaToday analysis shows.
Local election results grouped by
electoral district show the PL has
lost votes in all 13 regions with Gozo
flipping to the Nationalist Party.
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Planning Authority
still assessing
feedback on ODZ
policy change four
years on
A government pledge to reform the policy regulating
outside development zones is stuck in limbo with the
Planning Authority still assessing feedback four years on.
The ODZ policy was enacted in 2014 to regulate rural
development but loopholes allowed countryside ruins to
magically be turned into villas with pools. The applicant
only had to prove that the existing building, or the re-
mains, were habitable at some point.
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The Qala countryside ruins once destined to be turned into a villa
with pool on the strength of the controversial 2014 rural policy.
The permit was first approved but applicant Joseph Portelli later
withdrew the application.
District analysis of local
election results shows PL
losing ground in all districts,
PN registering increases
everywhere and is now in
command in Gozo
Labour and Nationalist MPs, councillors and agents face off in the counting hall (Photo: Karl Azzopardi/MaltaToday)
