The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) decided 744 applications in September and received 460 new applications. The net pending caseload at the end of the month was 4,520.

During September the Authority processed 56 notifications of development, which, according to the Development Notification Order 2001, do not require a formal application.

In September 2007, 66 Stop and Enforcement notices were issued, 45 in Malta and 21 in Gozo.

During the same month, 56 enforcement cases were closed, 48 in Malta and eight in Gozo. Forty enforcement cases were sanctioned by the issue of a sanctionable permit. Another 13 cases were resolved since owners decided to remove illegal development and comply with enforcement notice. During the same month three cases were withdrawn by Mepa.