An environmental NGO has submitted a request for the scheduling of a row of stately houses in Cathedral Street that form part of the Urban Conservation Area of Sliema.

One of them, number 33, located right in the heart of these properties, is facing an effective death sentence as there is currently a pending application to have it transformed into an apartment block.

Read: 150-year-old Sliema townhouse remains on death row

"If approved, this application will not only lead to the direct loss of the heritage building itself, but will make way for the complete ruin of the equally valuable properties in its immediate surroundings together attributing to street's rich architectural and historical past," Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar said.

FAA had previously requested an Emergency Conservation Order for the same site, but it was never acknowledged or acted upon.

FAA is calling on the Planning Authority to take the necessary steps to preserve these heritage houses and safeguard the urban core of Sliema.

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