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maltatoday SUNDAY 8 APRIL 2018 6 News CAREER OPPORTUNITY ICT Service Manager Interested persons are to send a covering letter together with a detailed Curriculum Vitae by not later than 15th April 2018, address to Human Resources Unit, Identity Malta Agency, Onda Building, Aldo Moro Street, Marsa. Applicants may also send by email to recruitment@identitymalta.com Job Description: The ideal candidate will be responsible to coordinate support team members & managing day-to-day operations. Responsabilities: · Provide guidance to members of the team by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. · Mentoring the IT services support team leading, initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and proce- dures. · Monitors effectiveness of existing systems. Provides recommendations to Management for improved operations, systems, and ICT related equipment. · Ensures that all software and IT platforms are up to date on newest releases. · Timely communication and issue escalation ensuring appropriate and accurate visibility to all levels of stakeholders, including senior management team. Knowledge, skills & experiance required: · A minimum of 3 years' experience in ICT Administration, in possession of a valid Microsoft MCSA certification. OR · In possession of a recognized qualification at MQF Level 6 in Computing with (1) years' relevant work experience in ICT. Unit Coordinator (ICT Service Manager) JOBSPLUS Permit Number: 645/2017 JAMES DEBONO IT is now official. The rural policy guidelines approved in 2014 which effectively legalised ODZ structures built before 1978 do not ap- ply to boathouses. The rural policy had been controversially invoked last year to legalise a boathouse in Bahar ic-Caghaq. But last week the PA turned down an appli- cation to regularise, demolish and reconstruct a dilapidated boathouse located in the cluster of boathouses along Triq il-Marfa, Ghadira. The boathouse which is located on private land consisted of a structure measuring ap- proximately 30sq.m with adjoining terrace roofed over with metal sheeting. The boathouse structure is visible in the 1978 and 1994 aerial photos. However, the 1967 survey sheets indicate that at the time the boathouses had not yet been built. The case officer had noted that although the existing boat house to be sanctioned is visible in the 1978 aerial photos, "it cannot be con- sidered to be legally established since only land-uses outlined in the Rural Policy and Design Guidelines 2014 can be considered to be legitimate". This means that the rural policy is only ap- plicable to agricultural and residential devel- opment. The case officer also added that "there is a general presumption against boathouses" es- pecially since the proposal would also preju- dice any future specific plans for the Ghadira area and "would create a precedent for the sanctioning of other third party boathouses/ structures and give rise to further develop- ment pressures in this ODZ area. The Strategic Plan for Environment & De- velopment only allows for rural development which is "legitimate or necessary". This decision contrasts with a decision in December 2016 to regularise an illegal boat- house in Bahar ic-Caghaq by invoking the ru- ral policy guidelines On that occasion asked whether the rural policy applies to all illegal boathouses on the Maltese coastline, a PA spokesperson con- firmed that "all the policies in the Rural Policy and Design Guidance refer to all applications located outside development zones (ODZ)". But the PA spokesperson specified that this does not amount to a blanket rule to legalise any illegal structure on the coastline. "As happens in all assessments there may be other policies and material considerations that have to be taken into consideration", when assessing these applications. Subsequently in March 2017 the rural policy was invoked by a case officer recommending the approval of an application to reconstruct a boathouse in San Tumas in Marsaskala but the Environment Planning Commission still turned the application down. In its decision the EPC insisted that the rural policy cannot be invoked in this case because the applicant failed to provide proof that the residential use of the boathouse was legally established. Moreover, the EPC chaired by architect Elisabeth Ellul argued that the ap- proval of the boathouse would have set a precedent for other boathouses in the San Tumas area. MaltaToday had already raised this issue in September 2014. Back then, when asked whether this policy effectively legalises all pre-1978 ODZ build- ings, including boathouses along the coast- line, the same MEPA spokesperson replied that this was not the case as the new docu- ment "must be seen in the context of the vari- ous policies included in it, most of which deal with a wide range of agricultural and rural developments". Illegal boathouses cannot be green-lit by rural policy rules The 1967 survey sheets indicate that at the time the boathouses had not yet been built A decision by the Planning Au- thority to issue a permit yesterday Saturday for a minor planning application lodged by the Prime Minister, raised a Nationalist MP's hackles on Twitter. The application was filed by Jo- seph Muscat on 15 March 2018, requesting a permit for the removal of an internal wall and insertion of steel beams at the Prime Minister's Burmarrad residence. The summary application is a fast-track process aimed for minor works that was formerly known as the development notification order (DNO). But Nationalist MP Jason Azzo- pardi was quick on the draw when on Twitter he queried the PA's ur- gency at approving the application on Saturday. "Shameless. The PA has brought in employees to urgently approve the PM's application. A law for the gods. By which measure?" In a comment, the PA's execu- MP flags PA's Saturday decision for PM's internal works permit