ERA approves Comino tree-removal permit amid legal challenge

ERA issued a permit covering the removal or relocation of hundreds of trees connected with the proposed €170 million Six Senses Comino project. Moviment Graffitti condemned the decision, arguing that excavation or demolition should not proceed while environmental organisations are challenging the underlying planning permit in court. The earlier tree permit had been revoked for lack of proper consultation. Developer HV Hospitality said most vegetation marked for removal is alien or invasive, that protected specimens would largely be transplanted, and that the completed project would introduce thousands of new plants.