Moviment Graffitti wants access to the communication thread between property magnate Joseph Portelli, the planning authority's chief Martin Saliba, and its executive council members. The NGO said on Friday morning it had filed a Freedom of Information request for all electronic communication between them after the PA earlier this month postponed a decision on a controversial application to build apartments and garages close to cliffs in Sannat. On that day, the PA planning commission chair had also asked the authority's executive council, which is chaired by Saliba, for guidance on how to interpret relevant policies. The application (PA/02087/21) to build 73 flats and 60 garages is one of three that will together create a block of 125 apartments just 300 metres from the cliff edge. A PA case officer has recommended the application for refusal, because the development exceeds the height limit permitted by planning policies. Objectors say that the owners have split the mega-project into three applications in an attempt to "salami slice" the plans and bypass PA scrutiny. The next hearing is scheduled for March 1 at noon. Graffitti said on Friday Portelli and his associates have...