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In June 1990, an application to demolish the building and replace it with a maisonette and forty-four garages was submitted to the
Planning Areas Permits Board. The permit was granted, and demolition began before it was stopped in early 1991 on the orders of the Museums Department.
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overruled the
Director of Museums' recommendation to retain the façade. On 10 December the Development Control Commission approved the application, although this was against the Planning Directorate's recommendation. The façade was pulled down on 20 January 2003.
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An application to construct thirty-eight garages and twenty-five dwellings while retaining the façade was granted in 1998. An application to demolish the façade was made in 2001, but it was rejected according to the Grade 2 scheduling.
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and another villa which also belonged to the Count de
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