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8 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 OCTOBER 2024 JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt The Chief Executive Officer, Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be deposited in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00am on Thursday, 7 th November, 2024. *Advert No. 56 Lease for commercial purposes for a period of fifteen (15) years of a the premises tale quale at No. 48, Triq San Duminku, Valletta as shown edged in red on plan P.D.2024_0751. This property is in need of immediate attention and repairs. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €23,946 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of seven thousand and nine hundred and eighty-two Euros and fifty-five cents (€7,982.55) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender documents. *Advert No. 57 Lease for a period of fifteen (15) years for commercial purposes of the Premises tale quale in its present state including any latent defects at Store No. 5, which is situated in close proximity to Portes des Bombes Floriana as shown edged in red and in full detail on the plan P.D.197_71_A_5. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €10,080 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand and three hundred and sixty Euros (€3,360) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender documents. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta ISSUE OF TENDERS *Adverts appearing for the first time. These adverts are being published as an invitation to the public to acquire tender documents online. The bidders are to refer to all the conditions of the tender document and are invited to read carefully these conditions. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, which together with the relevant conditions and other documents, may be obtained by clicking on 'Buy Tender' on the web page where this tender is available on https://landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering/ A fee of fifty Euros (€50) must be paid through the online system of the Lands Authority website by using your preferred banking card. Seven-storey 'quarry tower' to give Naxxar skyline a bump THE Planning Authority is set to approve 275 residential units on the site of a disused quarry in the Sagħjtar area of Naxxar, towards Mosta. The development is being recommended for approval by a PA case officer despite con- cerns by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, which called for further changes in the positioning of the new blocks to minimise the impact on the skyline, particularly on views from Attard. The development includes three underlying parking levels and five seven-storey high res- idential blocks, proposed on a disused hard-stone quarry be- longing to Charles Camilleri. The Planning Authority had already issued an outline permit in 2008. The permit allowed the devel- oper to go above the three-sto- rey height limit for the area, by including over 2,300 sq.m of public space surrounded by the new building blocks. The development will have 337 underground garages and 98 other parking spaces. The abandoned site had been used for quarrying up until the 1970s. Following a review of pho- tomontages of the proposed development, the Superin- tendence for Cultural Heritage expressed concerns particular- ly in relation to viewpoint taken from Triq iż-Żahar in Attard, which indicates a clear impact on the traditional roofscape of Naxxar. In view of this the Superintendence declared that it was "not favourable" to the development as proposed and called for a better distribution of building heights to ensure that the development blends better with the village profile. The PA's development man- agement directorate replied that, the building height of the project had already been estab- lished in the outline permit. The development is subject to a planning gain of €167,714 which will go to the Planning Authority's Planning Fund which finances embellishment and urban improvement works in the locality affected.