Corinthia Hotels has submitted plans to turn the  Ħal Ferħ Holiday Complex into a luxury resort.

The development will consist of a 125-room five-star hotel. It will be spread over one and two storeys in a low-density development, Corinthia said.

Designed by architect Martin Xuereb, Corinthia insists that the project will be a “showcase for best practices in sustainability and environmental sensitivity”.

The 83,000m2 site was first constructed by the British military before being turned into a tourism complex.

The Development Brief was updated recently, on the approval of a parliamentary committee, to allow for a partial change in land use in order to include 25 serviced branded residences, whilst retaining tourism as the principal use.