Malta wants to rush into post-COVID normality but under pressure from resilient civil society and resident groups, the Planning Authority will have to decide on a number of controversial development projects, some of which are being given a haircut in an attempt to defuse opposition
PA: Naxxar block ‘positive transition’ for unapproved nine-storey tower
Brutish five-storey development in open field by Naxxar’s Pjazza Celsi, considered as positive development by the Planning Authority’s case officers
22 December 2020, 7:50am
by James Debono
The PA case officer claims the 5-storey complex will be a ‘transition’ between Naxxar historic centre and unapproved 9-storey tower
A brutish five-storey development of 72 apartments in an open field by Naxxar’s Pjazza Celsi, right by the former trade fair grounds, is being treated as a “positive development” by the Planning Authority’s case officers.
The development is being considered as a “positive development of the urban fabric” in a report endorsed by the PA’s planning directorate, claiming the apartment complex will be “an adequate transition” between Naxxar’s urban conservation area (UCA), and an as-yet unapproved nine-storey development adjacent to it which is stoking controv