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COMMERCIAL
19.1.2023
Protected art deco façade in Tigne to be
retained and restored in approved project
THE Planning Authority (PA)
has called out misleading and
incorrect reports pertaining to
the recently approved develop-
ment application by the Plan-
ning Commission of a property
in Tigne, Sliema.
e Grade 2 scheduled façade
of a property in Tigne, Sliema
will be retained in its entirety
and restored as part of a mixed
development project which will
include the construction of four
additional floors and a pent-
house on the front end.
e application was approved
in line with the decision taken
by the Environment and Plan-
ning Review Tribunal after
the Planning Commission had
refused the application.
e approved application en-
sures that the design of the ad-
ditionally floors on Triq Tigne
and Triq Sant'Antnin is coher-
ent with the existing façade of
the property which the Author-
ity had scheduled in June 2018.
e Authority had scheduled
the façade of this property af-
ter an application was received
for the demolition of the entire
building due to its deteriora-
tion.
Together with this building
'Maronna' , the PA had also
protected the façade of two
other neighbouring properties
namely 'Lavinia' and 'Licinia' .
All three properties have a
unique type of Art Deco ar-
chitecture designed by Filippo
Tortell in the early 1930s.
e Superintendence of Cul-
tural Heritage gave its consent
for this project and the archi-
tectural style shall be fully re-
tained.
