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07 Jul 2025

DIN l – ART ĦELWA REJECTS MEPA’S ACCUSATION THAT IT DISTORTED THE FACTS ON TA’ CENC

PRESS RELEASE DIN L-ART ĦELWA     DIN l – ART ĦELWA REJECTS MEPA’s ACCUSATION THAT IT DISTORTED THE FACTS ON TA’ CENC In a letter issued for publication, Din l-Art Ħelwa Executive President Martin Galea has firmly rejected MEPA’s untoward accusation which charges the heritage organisation with distorting the facts over the proposed development at Ta’ Cenc, and states that it is imperative...

27 Jun 2016

The Ta Cenc referendum

by Petra Caruana Dingli The application for development at Ta’ Ċenċ in Gozo has haunted the planning authority’s corridors for 20 years. It lurks in dark corners, occasionally startling nervous planning officers by appearing on a desk, or opening an old file or cupboard like a resident poltergeist. It has courted controversy and been opposed by the public at every stage. The...

03 Mar 2016

Ta Cenc PA 05277/96 – Additional Comments to MEPA 29.02.2016

  Application No:  PA05277/96 Location :  Ta’ Cenc, Ta’ Cenc, Sannat Gozo Proposal:  To develop Ta’ Cenc area into Malta’s fist ‘Heritage park’ and ‘Multi-ownership tourist hotel development’ ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM DIN L-ART HELWA  29th February 2016 Din l-Art Helwa would like to submit further comments on this application to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, as follows: The entire peninsula at Ta Cenc has been designated as...

21 Feb 2016

Ta Cenc – PA 05277/96 19.02.2016

    Application No:  PA05277/96 Location : Ta’ Cenc, Ta’ Cenc, Sannat Gozo Proposal: To develop Ta’ Cenc area into Malta’s fist ‘Heritage park’ and ‘Multi-ownership tourist hotel development’ 19th February 2016 Din l-Art Helwa (DLH) has reviewed the 2015 EIS Addendum which was submitted to MEPA following a revised master plan for the development in caption. Din l-Art Ħelwa is extremely concerned by the renewed proposal to build 15 villas...

23 Nov 2013

Din l-Art Helwa deplores threats made by Ta’ Cenc developers – UPDATED

Din l-Art Helwa stands full square behind its Council Member Stanley Farrugia Randon who was subjected to bullying tactics by Ta’ Cenc developers at a Mepa hearing yesterday which ended with police intervention.   Dr Farrugia Randon was attending a Mepa Board hearing during which the board unanimously refused the permit for the erection of a gate at Ta’ Kantra prohibiting public access over the rocky inlet at Mgarr ix Xini, in...

07 Dec 2009

Brussels insists on Ta Cenc project update

7 December 2009, Times of Malta, by Ivan Camilleri – The European Commission has given Malta three weeks to send an updated report on the situation of the proposed development at Ta’ Ċenċ. The issue was raised last week at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee when the petition filed by Martin Galea, on behalf of Din l-Art Ħelwa...