Planned Nadur development will create blank party walls in village core

A proposed development in Nadur’s urban conservation area will see the creation of blank party walls some 50 metres away from the Grade 1 scheduled parish church.

The application, PA/06927/19, seeks to demolish the existing villa to construct six terraced houses, an office, two maisonettes, 12 underlying garages as well as pools in Triq it-Tramuntana, Triq ta’ Said and Triq Dun Ġorġ Preca.

The development is being proposed by Paul Buttigieg, an employee of property development company J Portelli Projects, and architect Alexander Bigeni.

The project was originally recommended for refusal by the Planning Authority’s case officer, partially because a separate planning control application would be required to carry out plans to create rear access to the proposed development by changing the alignment of an alleyway.

Additionally, the case officer said that the proposed height of the development was higher than that established in policy within the urban conservation area, which holds that a context-driven approach must be taken to protect the traditional urban skyline. “Building heights are required to be based on a streetscape analysis in order not to create an unacceptable visual...