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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

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:-

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

(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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

( 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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

(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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

(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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

The Authority shall communicate its decision to the applicant.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1997 76 — 76 tal-1997 – Ordni tal-1997 dwar Emendi għal Skemi u Tibdil f'Allinjamenti

(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.

Ipubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni – 3, Pjazza Kastilja – Published by the Department of Information - 3, Castille Place

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