Shelter for horses may be demolished

A shelter in Valletta for karozzini horses may have to be demolished after a planning commission refused a request to sanction the structures built without a permit. Transport Malta submitted the request to sanction the shelters, underground cesspits and drainage pipes in Marsamxett Road, opposite the House of Catalunya. But the Environment Planning Commission turned down the application last week, saying the “proposed development would have an adverse impact on an important archaeological site or area”. Full story in The Times.