The discussions, described as at a detailed stage, could see a new terminal being sited behind the proposed breakwater at the pier.
These were open batteries, the guns not being sited in bomb proof casemates.
It is sited within a raised circular churchyard which has been extended.
The old town is sited on an imposing 9th century citadel, built on top of a peninsula overlooking the Mediteranean Sea.
If the construction is not substantially non- combustible it must be sited at least one meter from any boundary.