On Thursday (today), the Planning Authority (PA) approved plans for a 5-star hotel and 105 residential units to replace parts of Fort Chambray, Gozo.
The proposal, which had already been recommended for approval by the Directorate of Planning, was approved with two votes against and five in favour.
The approval greenlights the development of 105 residential units, based on land spanning 14,514sqm and a five-storey five-star hotel that accommodates 64 rooms and 50 apartments. The project was put forward by developer Michael Caruana on behalf of Fort Chambray Ltd.
Plans indicate that the barracks’ screen and flanks will be relocated to an area closer to the Knights’ barracks while three additional floors will be built over a new building. It will include the re-assembled barrack’s façade.
Planning Board Chairman Emmanuel Camilleri remarked that, in 2012, an outline permit was issued allowing the demolition of the barracks and noted that the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage did not object to the project.
Nonetheless, one of the Board members who voted against the plans, Romano Cassar, described the demolition of the barracks is “an act of madness.” The Gozo Regional Development Authority representative, who was the second member to vote against the project, commented that plans should have been integrated in the project.
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2mocongrats! well-deserved