Controversial permit for Labour MP Silvio Parnis shed is set to be approved

Labour MP Silvio Parnis is set to get a permit for a “mobile timber structure” in a yard in St Paul’s Bay through an application submitted by fellow parliamentarian Charles Buhagiar.
It will replace another timber structure that Mr Parnis had called “a caravan” containing four rooms that had been built illegally.
Following an enforcement notice in 2010, Mr Parnis removed the illegal development.
The original structure had one bedroom with an adjoining toilet, a kitchen and a storeroom. The area’s zoning policy does not permit such structures for residential purposes.
The application is for a similar structure, with the rooms labelled as a garden shed, a restroom and a store that will be used for recreational purposes, which do not breach zoning rules.
The garden shed and adjacent rooms Mr Parnis wants to build are on a tiled terrace located at the water’s edge in St Paul’s Bay and enjoys unobstructed sea views.

A mobile toilet is to be placed on the site – an area belonging to third parties. The mobile toilet will be placed just outside a window of an adjoining property, according to the plans.

The case officer’s report states that “it is inadmissible that a mobile toilet...