The Planning Commission is this week expected to sanction illegal works on the site of the Barracuda and Piccolo Padre restaurants, a protected building in Balluta Bay, St Julian’s. The illegal works included the dismantling of traditional Maltese timber balconies on the façade, apertures and historic wrought iron railings and the developer has now included a line in his application to replace them with replicas. Inside the scheduled building, workers removed extremely rare traditional patterned tiles from the first-floor level and thrown in a dumpster. Works also included several other internal alterations. The application that will be brought before the Planning Commission (PA3863/21) requests permission for the change of use from offices to a restaurant, as well as internal alterations and also to the façade, including dismantling of wrought iron railing. The application had been suspended at the request of the architect when the illegal works were undertaken. It now includes the installation of replicas of the original timber balconies and apertures, restoration and the installation of original wrought iron railings. The illegal work had been stopped by the Planning...
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