Developers have filed a fresh planning control application to build a big block of apartments in St Julian’s village core, on the site of a house believed to be among the oldest in the locality. The area lies between two streets, St Elias Street and Birkirkara Hill, which falls within the St Julian’s urban conservation area. The application, PC/00077/21, was filed by TUM Invest Ltd and architect Karl Ebejer. It proposes new building alignments and the construction of a new pedestrian street between the other two. A planning control application is often used to establish planning parameters, such as building heights, on a particular site. Planning permits are then typically issued based on these parameters. A topographic survey will be carried out before the St Julian’s application is assessed by the Planning Authority. In 2019, TUM Invest had applied to demolish an existing building and excavate a vacant plot to build two basement parking levels, an office and a shop, and a complex of 62 residential units on three levels and another three receded floors. That application included the construction of a pedestrian road between St Elias Street and Birkirkara Hill. The...