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Valletta: Heritage Conservation and Planning

Learn about the significance of Valletta as an urban conservation area and world heritage city, its protection measures, and management strategies. Join us at the HerO Midterm Conference in Valletta, Malta.

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Valletta: Heritage Conservation and Planning

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  1. HerO Midterm-Conference in Valletta, Malta4th Thematic Seminar Integrated Heritage and Planning. Valletta as an Urban Conservation Area and World Heritage City

  2. 1995 2000 2006 The significance of Valletta • Founded on 28th March 1566 (442 years ago). • First buildings protected by the Antiquities Act, 1925 • World Heritage Site in 1980 (UNESCO) • Urban Conservation Area (Planning Authority) in 1995 • Scheduling of 51 wooden Shop fronts in 1995 (Planning Authority) • Scheduling of 1.9 sq km of Fortifications in 2000 (Planning Authority) • Scheduling of British Period cast iron letter boxes and telephone booths (MEPA) • Scheduling of Grade 1 buildings & features HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 2

  3. Original Protection of Local Heritage • 1910 – Antiquities Ordnance • Introduced by Sir Temi Zammit after deliberate destruction of Phoenician remains • 1925 – Antiquities (Protection) Act • Demolition of the sacristy and part of the convent and oratory of Franciscans in Valletta • 1932 – Antiquities (Protection) List • Composed of a list of 197 (26) individual properties and 8 (3) groups of buildings • List compiled by a sub-committee of the Antiquities Committee • First serious attempt to protect individual properties for their heritage significance • Amended twice but no updates after 1939 HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 3

  4. WHS & UCA • 1980 – City of Valletta inscribed as a WHS • No boundary or list of important properties identified • Original submission refers to a list of properties that was not traced • Both identified today • 1995 – Urban Conservation Area • Planning Authority identified most of Valletta as a UCA • Applications more stringent that in other areas • UCA characteristics different from other UCAs in Malta HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 4

  5. Scheduling in Valletta • 1995 – 51 Shopfronts • Threat on wooden fixtures • Sites to be re-proposed shortly to correct some errors and add missing properties • 2000 – 1.9 sq km of harbour fortifications • Submission as a WHS on their own merits • 2007 – British Period street furniture • Threat identified and countered • 2008 – Most important Sites in Valletta • 120 sites identified • All required for a city to function HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 5

  6. MEPA Incentives • Environment Initiative Partnership Programme • Funds utilised for restoration of areas, sites, properties of heritage value • Traditional Maltese Wooden Balcony Restoration Grant Scheme • Issued to ensure traditional features and workmanship methods are retained • Valletta benefited various time: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 • Improvement visible in state of UCAs • Urban Improvement Fund • Aimed at improvements within urban area • Park and Ride system in Valletta • Removal of A/C units from façades of buildings in Valletta (partially successful) HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 6

  7. Heritage Management • Assessment of applications • All scheduled properties require an RMS detailing works to be carried out • BG imposed to ensure compliance • Update to RMS on completion of works • Monitoring at times carried out • Input into Local/Action Plans • Heritage management expertise is injected into planning projects at the outset to ensure holistic approach • Drafting of guidelines on specific issues/trades • Project Management • Pre-submission meetings on applications • Ongoing consultation with partners to ensure heritage assets protected HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 7

  8. Conclusion • Problems encountered • Increase in scheduled property requires increased input on PA consultation and enforcement • Threats ever present • Day-to-day job requirements still have to be tackled • NIMBY syndrome regularly encountered • Heritage value not contested, but context heavily disputed • Advantages • Applications increasingly submitted with RMS at submission stage (less time lost) • Architects aware of value of heritage sites/areas • General public has become much more aware of the value of heritage in recent years • People submitting information on properties meriting scheduling (aiding MEPA) HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 8

  9. hero@regensburg.de www.urbact.eu/hero

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