08.08.19
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TOWNSCAPES
THE Planning Authority's third edi-
tion of the Irrestawra Darek scheme
is still open for property owners who
together with neighbouring residents
wish to restore the facade of their
properties within an urban conserva-
tion area.
As an incentive to promote a more
homogenous approach and improve
the streetscapes of our traditional vil-
lage cores, the Irrestawra Darek 2019
scheme had included an allocation of
€1 million for this specific purpose.
In such cases, property owners are eli-
gible to benefit from up to €20,000 for
their property on condition that the
cluster of residential properties adds
to not less than 50m of the streets-
cape. The properties need to be within
an Urban Conservation Area and may
include a commercial component.
The Authority has to date validated
eight submissions whereby property
owners came together and submitted
an application to restore the entire
or part of a streetscape. One appli-
cation in Birgu involves a streetscape
comprising 14 properties. Within this
same category, the Authority received
valid submissions to improve streets-
capes within the locality of Hamrun,
San Giljan, Ta' Xbiex, Birgu, Zejtun,
Attard and Xaghra, Gozo.
With funds still available within this
category, the Planning Authority en-
courages neighbouring property own-
ers within village core area to team
and benefit from this one time op-
portunity. For more information visit
www.pa.org.mt.
Upgrade of streetscapes
within village core areas
Third edition of Irrestawra Darek still open for streetscape category
