The Environment and Planning Review Tribunal has overturned a permit that was granted in December 2023 for the construction of a four-storey-old people’s home on an Outside Development Zone (ODZ) site in Naxxar. The proposed development, which would have repurposed a disused livestock farm into a 47-room facility, has been a point of contention due to its location in a protected countryside area between Naxxar and Għargħur, near the historic Tal-Laqx windmill and the Semaphore Tower....

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