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Planning Authority sends Naxxar 72-apartment block back to drawing board
Board overrules Planning Directorate’s approval of project and asks developer to present new plans which are more respectful of the townscape
21 January 2021, 12:39pm
by James Debono
The Planning Authority board has sent plans for a five-storey block in Naxxar back to the drawing board after the majority expressed their concern on its impact on Naxxar’s urban conservation area.
The development proposed by Charles Camilleri consisted of a five-storey development of 72 apartments in a 3,141sq.m open field by Naxxar’s Pjazza Celsi, right by the former trade fair grounds and 150m away from the historic Palazzo Parisio.