The Chamber of Architects have described today’s launch of the Irrestawra Darek scheme as a “farce.”

The Chamber stated that the “launch of the Irrestawra Darek scheme earlier today signalled the epitome of the Planning Authority’s disregard for the profession.”

It said that “the scheme, which was heralded which much pomp and fanfare, opened at 12 noon today. To the consternation of periti and their clients, the online application platform collapsed within seconds under heavy traffic of users all trying to race each other at getting their applications through.”

The Chamber went on to say that “after two hours of refreshing the error pages, the application form disappeared from the website indicating that the scheme may have been shut down by the Planning Authority altogether.”

It argued that the scheme “wasted a full week of work of several architecture studios, with the risk that disappointed customers may blame their architects for their unsuccessful attempts at applying, rather than the preposterous application system adopted by the PA, and not pay them for their services.” The Chamber added that “this is indeed not the first time this scheme has failed for similar reasons, although never was this scheme managed as badly as today.”

“The Planning Authority launched this scheme without heeding any of the recommendations the Kamra tal-Periti had given it in past editions, including the removal of the first-come-first-served basis, and keeping the scheme permanently open,” the Chamber concluded.

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