Following the Planning Authority’s (PA) approval of an additional 13 storeys on the DB monstrosity in Pembroke, Moviment Graffitti, together with residents, organisations, and local councils, will be seeking to appeal this shameful decision. However, this process entails legal and professional costs that we can only bear through public contributions.
For this reason, we are launching a crowdfunding campaign with the goal of raising €7,000 to enable us to undertake legal action against the PA’s decision. The public can contribute by:
1. Filling in the online form: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/db-monstrosity
2. Or making a bank transfer to the following account:
BOV
Name: Moviment Graffitti
IBAN: MT27VALL22013000000011799516027
The DB story is one of government-sponsored, endless greed. DB has already profited enormously from public land, suffocated residents, damaged the natural environment, and buried historical buildings. Its project for a hotel and two towers next to thousands of Pembroke residents – living literally across the road – was approved by compromised authorities who ignored tens of thousands of public objections and the strong opposition of three local councils.
Now, before the originally approved 17- and 18-storey towers have even been built, they are set to rise to 23 and 25 floors respectively. This recent Planning Authority decision makes a complete mockery of the planning process, rendering approved plans meaningless since they can always be intensified through piecemeal applications.
Moreover, it is important to recall that the original permit was approved on the basis of a “plan” to construct a tunnel to facilitate the traffic the project would generate. We have since learned that this tunnel will not be built.
We are confident that, with the public’s support, we can once again fight greed and injustice to the very end.
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Ġbir ta’ fondi sabiex nappellaw iż-żieda ta’ 13-il sular mal-mostru tad-DB
Wara l-approvazzjoni mill-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar (PA) taż-żieda ta’ 13-il sular fuq il-mostru tad-DB f’Pembroke, il-Moviment Graffitti, flimkien mar-residenti u kunsilli lokali, jixtieq li jappella din id-deċiżjoni tal-mistħija. Iżda dan il-proċess ifisser spejjeż legali u professjonali li nistgħu nġorru biss permezz tal-kontribut tal-pubbliku.
Għalhekk qegħdin inniedu kampanja ta’ ġbir ta fondi bl-għan li niġbru €7,000 sabiex inkunu nistgħu niftħu azzjonijiet legali kontra d-deċiżjoni tal-PA. Il-pubbliku jista’ jikkontribwixxi billi:
1. Jimla din il-formola online: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/db-monstrosity
2. Jew permezz ta’ trasferiment bankarju fuq dan il-kont:
BOV
Isem: Moviment Graffitti
IBAN: MT27VALL22013000000011799516027
L-istorja tad-DB hija waħda ta’ regħba bla qies xprunata mill-Gvern. Id-DB diġà ffangaw bla qies minn fuq art pubblika, difnu lir-residenti, lill-ambjent naturali, u lill-binjiet storiċi. Il-proġett tagħhom kien ġie approvat minn awtoritajiet mixtrija li njoraw l-għexieren t’eluf ta’ oġġezzjonijiet tal-pubbliku u l-oppożizzjoni qawwija ta’ tliet Kunsilli Lokali.
Iżda issa, li t-torrijiet oriġinarjament approvati ta’ 17 u 18-il sular għadhom lanqas biss inbnew, diġà se jogħlew għal 23 u 25 sular. Din id-deċiżjoni riċenti tal-PA timmina l-proċess kollu tal-ippjanar, għaliex tfisser li kwalunkwe pjan approvat ma jfisser xejn peress li l-iżviluppatur dejjem jista’ jibqa’ jintensifika l-iżvilupp permezz ta’ applikazzjonijiet biċċa biċċa.
Barra minn hekk, importanti li niftakru kif il-permess oriġinali kien approvat abbażi ta’ “pjan” li se tinbena mina sabiex tiffaċilita l-influss ta’ traffiku li se jinħoloq bil-proġett. Minn dak iż-żmien ‘l hawn sirna nafu li, fil-fatt, din il-mina mhux ser issir.
Aħna fiduċjużi li għal darb’oħra, bis-saħħa tal-pubbliku, se nkunu nistgħu nwasslu l-ġlieda tagħna kontra r-regħba u l-inġustizzja sal-aħħar nett.
