Mosta football club will have to present its own detailed parking studies if it hopes to carry out long-awaited upgrading works, in the midst of a long drawn-out feud with nearby residents. The Planning Authority yesterday gave the club one month to present the studies, rejecting out of hand the club's suggestion that the added parking demand caused by the works could be suitably addressed by the nearby public Pama Supermarket parking area. The football club applied for a planning permit to extend its club house and VIP stand, as well as regularising illegal dressing rooms built below its supporters' stand, and glass screening between the stand and the pitch. A permit for the works had been issued two years ago but residents appealed, claiming that the PA had not accurately calculated the amount of parking space required. The permit was recently upheld by a review tribunal, nullifying the approval and sending the case back to the PA for a fresh decision. During a stormy public meeting yesterday, during which both residents and club officials were repeatedly rebuked by the PA board, residents reiterated longstanding grievances with the club for overburdening narrow surrounding...
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