54,000 development applications in seven years - PQ reply

From the Times of Malta Friday, March 12, 2010
In the seven years between 2003 and 2009 the government received a total of 54,165 development applications.
Validations amounted to 49,020 while pending applications, including those suspended or inactive, totalled 5,145.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi gave the information in reply to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Anthony Agius Decelis.

From the Parliamentary Question website:

Leġislatura	XI	Kategorija	ORAL
Mistoqsija Numru:	13312	Data:	30/11/2009
Seduta:	197 - 09/03/2010 06:00 PM
Seduta Interim:

Titlu:

Applikazzjonijiet pendenti għall-iżvilupp

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L-Onorevoli ANTHONY AGIUS DECELIS
staqsa lill-Onorevoli LAWRENCE GONZI (Prim Ministru):

Jista' l-Ministru jgħid kemm saru applikazzjonijiet għall-iżvilupp sena b'sena mill-2003 sal-2009? Kemm hemm minn dawn l-applikazzjonijiet għadhom jistennew li joħroġilhom il-permess?

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Tweġiba:

Il-figuri mitluba jinsabu fit-tabella li qed inpoġġi fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra.

Din l-informazzjoni hija miġbura mis-sistema tal-informatika tal-Awtorità ta’ Malta dwar l-Ambjent u l-Ippjanar u tinkludi l-First Decisions kollha inklużi applikazzjonijiet sospiżi u mhux attivi.

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Dokumenti annessi mal-mistoqsija:

Dokumenti mqiegħda fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra:

Dokumenti annessi mar-risposta:

"Inter Vivos" Transfer of Maltese property, audit.

The Malta National Audit Office (NAO) has yesterday, March 01, 2010 published a performance audit titled: Inter Vivos Transfer of Property.

An Inter Vivos transfer of property is by definition an agreement between living persons, and not by a gift through a will.

The report analyses the validation and the collection of revenue due in respect of Inter Vivos Transfer of Property here in Malta. Conclusions presented in the report are based on data up to December 2008 and also outline actions and initiatives taken, or which are under the consideration, by the Capital Transfers Duty Department (CTDD).

The full report can be downloaded here.