Compléter News from Times of MaltaVersion en ligne passage from times of Malta par Joe Micallef 1 context who victory decision presided Wrong who locality permitted turned building courts house three A Santa Lu ? ija resident , fought to preserve his terraced house neighbourhood from being defaced by a five - storey pencil building , is relieved that the have protected the after a - year battle . Last week , the Court of Appeal overturned a to allow a terraced , in a row of 20 terraced houses in Triq il - ? ibjun , to be demolished and into four apartments and a penthouse . The court , by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti , ruled that just because the local plan ? s height limitation buildings of the height applied for , it did not mean that the permit ought to be granted . Any new had to respect the of the buildings it was located in . This was a great for Michael Pule fought for the application to be refused .