76 tal-1997
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
L.N. 76 of 1997
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT, 1992
(ACT NO.1 OF 1992)
Scheme Amendments and Changes in Alignment Order, 1997
BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred upon them by sections 28
and 60 of the Development Planning Act. 1992, the Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment, on the
recommendation or the Planning Authority, and the Planning Authority
have made the following order:-
(I) This Order may be cited as the Scheme Amendments
and Changes in Alignment Order, 1997.
(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into rorce on
the 24th June, 1996.
( I)
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires _
"the Act" means the Development Planning Act, 1992;
"the Authority" means the Planning Authority established
under section 3 of the Act and includes any body or other person
acting on its behalf under powers delegated to it by the Authority
under the Act;
"Building Levy Rates Regulations" means the Building Levy
Rates Regulations, 1996 or subsequent amendments;
"Gazelle" means the Malta Government Gazelle;
"Subsidiary Plans" means subject plans, local plans or action
plans, as defined in sections 23,24,25 and 26 or the Act;
"Temporary Provisions Scheme" means a planning scheme
prepared and approved in accordance with the Building Permits
(Temporary Provisions) Act.
(2) Any expression defined in the Act has the same meaning
in this Order as it has in the Act.
Changes to the Temporary Provisions Schemes or Subsidiary
Plans, including the alignment of roads which, in the opinion of the
Authority, would not affect the boundaries and zoning of those Schemes
or Plans and which do not run counter to the substance of the plans and
policies in the Structure Plan, shall be subiect to the Qtocedme set OUt
in the following urticles.
(1) An application shall be made to the Authority on a form Requil'll:menu f..".
applications.
provided from lime ro time by the Authority, and shall be accompanied
by such information as the Authority may require. including
(a)
three copies of nn A4 extract from the 1988 survey sheet
at 1:2500 scale outlining the scheme, the site boundaries and the
proposed change;
(b)
three colour photographs showing the site and its
surroundings; and
(e)
legal proof of ownership of the land to which the
application relates, including a title deed and the plan to which
this deed refers.
(2)
The Authority shall also require the applicant to provide
the following after the submission of the application
(a) three copies of an official surveyed plan prepared by
the Authority at applicant'sex.pense showing the current alignment
and the zoning according to the Temporary Provisions Schemes
or Subsidiary Plans; and
(b) three copies of an official surveyed plan showing the
proposed changes.
(3) Where the land to which the application relates includes
land owned by third parties or if the proposed change is likely to affect
third parties. the application shall also be accompanied by a list of those
third parties and a written declaration signed by such third parties that
they have no objection to the proposed change, provided that where the
Authority considers it ex.pedient, it may request the submission of rhe
legal proof of ownership of land owned by third panies.
(4) An application shall also be accompanied by the fee as
prescribed in rhe Building Levy Rates Regulations.
The Authority shall publish details of the application on site, Publicalion.
in one local paper and in the Gazette giving the opportunity for interested
panies to make their representations in writing to the Authority within
three weeks of the date of the publication of the notice.
(I) In determining the application, the Authority shall have t:kci&ioos.
regard [0 the Temporary Provisions Schemes or Subsidiary Plans, to
representalions made in response to lhe publication of the application
and to any other material consideration.
(2)
The Authority shall have the power to grant or refuse an
application, and in granting such application, it may approve the proposal
with or without modifications as it deems fit, but the Authority shall give
reasons for its refusal or for any modifications imposed by it.
The Authority shall communicate its decision to the applicant.
(l) The Authority may, where it considers it expedient to do so in
the public interest and having regard to the Temporary Provisions
Schemes or Subsidiary Plans, the Structure Plan and other material
considerations, and in accordance with article 3 of this Order, make
changes in the Temporary Provisions Schemes or Subsidiary Plans.
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