Plans to build a five-storey apartment block that would tower just 200 metres away from the protected Ġgantija Temples in Xagħra have been put on hold on the request of the applicant’s architects following a barrage of objections to the project. According to the Planning Authority website, application PA4782/22 has been suspended at the request of architect Godwin Sultana on behalf of his clients Leanne Portelli and Jodie Lee Borg. The developers want to develop a site in Triq il-Mitħna just across the road from the Grade 1 listed Ta’ Kola Windmill. They applied for permission to remove dilapidated structures, excavate the site and construct 13 garages, a reservoir at lower ground floor level, two maisonettes, 10 apartments on the next four floors as well as a garden and two pools in the backyard and another two swimming pools on the top floor. The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage objected to the planned project on a site that lies just 40 metres from the windmill and just over 200 metres from Ġgantija Temples. The superintendence insisted there should be no excavation given the proximity to the protected sites. Photomontages requested from various angles It requested a...
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