Application for permit to demolish 150-year house refused

The Environment and Planning Commission today refused an application for a permit for the demolition of a two-storey 150-year-old house in St Mary Street, Sliema.

An application was filed in 2016 for the building of a three star hotel that would replace a two-story house, which was built in 1861.

St Mary Street is a rarity in that many of the historic buildings have been preserved due to the Urban Conservation Policy. For reasons unbeknownst to Flimkien Ghal Ambjent the site removed from the Urban Conservation Policy area, and it therefore questions under what criteria has the area been removed and whether the PA was thinking long-term when faced with ever increasing development applications.

 

 

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