Our Development Planning Act grants the Minister responsible for the Planning Authority with the power to create subsidiary legislation, including that of introducing regulations enabling the sanctioning of past illegalities. Indeed, Article 101(1) provides the following: ‘(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, any person has the right to request the Authority to regularise […]

Our Planning Authority has long come under scrutiny when making decisions on planning control applications (PC) concerning rationalized zones. Back in August 2006, a Parliamentary decision rezoned sites which previously fell outside of development zones so that these could be opened up for development subject to planning control applications being submitted by those interested in […]