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Rabat’s Grand Hotel Verdala will be demolished to make way for a luxurious eight-storey complex, after the development was green-lighted by the planning authority on Thursday.
The project was given the go-ahead one year after the PA approved its outline permit, following recommendation by the planning directorate that had claimed the proposal would have a moderate positive impact compared to the current building.
The existing building, across Inguanez, ir-Rgħajja, San Bastjan and Santa Katerina streets, will be demolished. Three separate blocks with six floors above street level and two ones below will be constructed. A garage will also be able to host 176 cars.
An eight-floor hotel abutting the St Julian’s Urban Conservation Area had to be downscaled to a five-storey guesthouse and had a 19th-century building integrated into the project before it could get the approval of the Planning Authority.
The development will see the demolition of a number of buildings on Triq is-Sorijiet and stands approximately 60 metres away from a cluster of Grade 2 dwellings and just 13 metres away from protected air raid shelters.
The planning watchdog noted the strong objections from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, which insisted that the 19th-century house earmarked for demolition together with adjacent properties, including a garage and a cellar, ought to be protected.