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WEDNESDAY • 16 OCTOBER 2024 • ISSUE 913 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
Planning
Authority to
change Villa
Rosa Local Plan,
launches public
consultation
SEVEN YEARS ON
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
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SEE EDITORIAL PAGE 11
NICOLE MEILAK &
MATTHEW FARRUGIA
nmeilak@mediatoday.com.mt
mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt
Photomontages of Villa Rosa project as proposed in 2022
Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb on 16 October 2017. seven
years ago to the day. She was 53. Daphne's murder will forever be a stain on the
national conscience. It requires a collective effort to understand and address the ills
that created the climate of impunity and impropriety that emboldened some to kill
her when she became too inconvenient for them. Seven years on, the time is ripe to
reflect on Daphne's legacy.
THE Planning Authority (PA) has launched a
public consultation to change the local plan per-
taining to the Villa Rosa site in St Julian's.
Among the objectives of the review, as stated by the
authority, are to reconfigure the boundaries of the
sub-zones within the Villa Rosa area and establish
the allowable building heights for each sub-zone.
The objectives state that the minimum area of pub-
lic open space must exceed the current allocations
in the local plan, as well as the zones where higher
quality hotels shall be allowed.
