Moviment Graffitti has thanked the public for their participation in the fight to Save Comino, following yesterday’s Planning Tribunal (EPRT) decision to temporarily suspend the ERA’s permit for the uprooting of 800 trees and the commencement of heavy works for Hili Group’s hotel and villas on Comino, while the case is being heard.
Several NGOs had filed an appeal against the obscene ERA decision, which is currently being heard by the EPRT. This was made possible after a crowdfunding campaign to finance the appeal reached, and greatly exceeded, its target within a matter of hours, Graffitti said.
The organisation said that a separate, but related, case was also filed in 2025 against the PA’s approval of ”44 swimming pools, 140-bed hotel and 16 villas on Comino.”
It warned that the proposed development ”represents an intensification of the built volume and footprint compared to the existing structures, while bringing intensive activity to the nature reserve throughout the year. Earlier this year, the Court ruled in favour of one of the arguments put forward by the NGOs and sent the case back to the Tribunal for reassessment.”
Graffitti reiterated that it ”will not allow Hili Group to commence any works related to its plan for a hotel and villas on Comino – including demolition, excavation or construction, as well as the uprooting of trees – while the PA permit remains subject to a court challenge. The permit can still be radically amended or revoked as a result of these proceedings.”
Moviment Graffitti said that ”should members of the public observe any such works at any point before our legal challenge to the PA permit is definitively decided, they are urged to report them to Moviment Graffitti by emailing info@movimentgraffitti.org [1] or sending a message to 7762 1113.”
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