M(Arch) Thesis Report, The Valletian Cabinet Part 2

Chapter 12 : Architectural Practice, Management and Law Design guidance exists but is not prescriptive, the planners request the application should include 1:100 plans, sections and elevations, giving details of external materials and colours, along with a location plan and site layout. In conservation areas planners are often keen to protect the character of the area, the proposal respects the eave heights and materials of neighbouring buildings. The Redevelopment of existing abandoned space touches lightly on the visible wall, while having more extensive effect on the ground behind, existing drainage would have to be double checked with the planners and an archaeologist may be employed here by the local authority, should they see fit. The Restoration facility, though hovering over the ground, only exceeds the height of existing neighbouring buildings, where the ramp reaches up to the top of Lascaris Bastion. The choice of limestone cladding fits the surrounding fabric, though the contemporary aesthetic iterates its twenty first century origin.