Malta: Lidl gets Gozo go ahead
The permit was approved with three votes in favour and one against. Commission member Bjorn Bonello, who voted against, had expressed concern over the traffic plans for the area.
The application had also been challenged by a local architect saying that plans did not consider the impact on surrounding towns.
The chain, which already has five supermarkets in Malta, bought a 4,800-square-metre site, 70 per cent of which falls within the development limits of the Xewkija industrial estate, and the remaining triangular area is outside development.
The supermarket will take up about 50 per cent of the area and the scheduled part will have “soft landscaping” through planting scattered trees.
Source: timesofmalta.com
