Qawra’s ‘highest hotel’ seeks permit for 12 storeys

If approved, the hotel will become the highest in the area at 12-storeys with 204 beds

The hotel is proposed instead of the existing 3-storey Seaview Hotel
The hotel is proposed instead of the existing 3-storey Seaview Hotel

A 12-storey hotel with 204 beds is being proposed instead of the existing 3-storey Seaview Hotel along the Bugibba coast opposite the waterpark. 

If approved the hotel will become the highest in the area, surpassing the 10 storey high San Antonio Hotel. Qawra is one of five locations where over-10 storey buildings can be constructed. 

A recently approved policy also exempts hotels from heights set in local plans, allowing two extra storeys over the number allowed by the local plan on any existing hotel and an unlimited number of floors for standalone hotels.

Isaac Vella, who owns the existing hotel is also seeking to widen a tunnel underneath the public road to provide vehicular access to the hotel’s basement from the seaside. 

Plans also envision the laying of 50 sunbeds on the public beach opposite the hotel.

The application also foresees changing the use of two existing boathouses to store beach furniture.

The new hotel will have two basement floors of car parking, two levels of hotel facilities and services at ground floor and 12 floors of bedrooms.