The decision on the application for the demolition and excavation of a site which will eventually be developed into a 13-storey four-star hotel towering over Xlendi bay will be taken on Tuesday 26th January at 10.00 am.
We are encouraging the public to attend this meeting in order to voice its opposition to this project.
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Despite public outrage at this application, with hundreds of residents, together with the Local Council and Gozitan organisations, voicing their objections to this development, the case officer has recommended it for approval. Should permission be granted for phase 1 of the development, which foresees the demolition and excavation of the site, the site will be committed for development. This would essentially mean that approval of phase 2 of the development, which covers the redevelopment of the site and the construction of a massive hotel, would be a foregone conclusion, rendering the planning process futile and nothing short of farcical.
The PA has recently granted permission to another massive development right next to the proposed site. It would therefore be sheer and utter madness to allow another large-scale project to go ahead in the same area. Xlendi has already been considerably mutilated by overdevelopment; allowing more development to go ahead will permanently destroy the little that is left of its original character and aesthetic.