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Eight-storey hotel proposed in Marsaxlokk

Hotel proposal to replace existing guest house faces objections from Marsaxlokk Local Council, the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, and Din l-Art Ħelwa

Għaxaq Shopping mall roundabout: Developers’ contribution capped to 49% of costs

The Planning Board had originally recommended that the full cost of the roundabout should be borne by the developers, but has now amended the permit on the basis of studies...

Agricultural land earmarked for Hal Far mega petrol pump

The Planning Authority is yet to approve a single petrol station under new...

The Planning Authority is yet to approve a single...

[WATCH] Activists, residents keep up pressure against Paceville masterplan

Protest against Paceville master plan which activists and St Julian's residents describe as ‘fundamentally flawed’

Protest against Paceville master plan which activists and...

[WATCH] Sliema council warns of ERA’s ‘minimal influence’ on final planning decisions

Sliema council describes meeting with Environment and Resources Authority as positive but warns that it was evident that authority has little impact on final...

Sliema council describes meeting with Environment and...

Planning Authority snubs ERA, approves store in Zurrieq valley

The Planning Authority has approved an 80 square metre...

‘Disney-fied’ Sliema townhouse angers conservationists

The Sliema Historical Society took umbrage at the Superintendence for Cultural...

The Sliema Historical Society took umbrage at the...

Mercury House owners seek permit to demolish telephone exchange

Gozitan entrepreneur Joe Portelli has requested to replace an existing...

Gozitan entrepreneur Joe Portelli has requested to...

Barter proposed for St George’s Park expropriations in Paceville masterplan

The Planning Authority has reportedly offered the owners of St George's Park to pay expropriations with more floor space instead of monetary...

The Planning Authority has reportedly offered the owners of...

[WATCH] Updated | PA heckled by angry crowd during meeting on Paceville masterplan

Paceville masterplan savaged by residents and activists during consultation session, crowd resists Planning Authority's attempt to split up meeting,...

Paceville masterplan savaged by residents and activists...

‘Some congestion’ still expected in €32 million Regional Road tunnel proposed by Mott MacDonald

The proposed Regional Road tunnel will not entirely solve traffic problems, especially during the peak afternoon rush hour, a report presented by...

The proposed Regional Road tunnel will not entirely solve...

[WATCH] 177 development applications for Sliema accepted in just three weeks – local council

Sliema Councillor Paul Radmilli says new applications to be spread over 72 construction sites, affecting all of Sliema

Sliema Councillor Paul Radmilli says new applications to be...

Delimara property, once belonging to Dom Mintoff, riddled with irregularities again

Silvio Cassar is seeking the Planning Authority’s approval for a newly constructed three-metre high room

Silvio Cassar is seeking the Planning Authority’s...

The Planning Authority has approved a complex of six stables, a store and a manure clamp on a footprint of 150 square metres of agricultural land in Dingli

The Planning Authority has approved a complex of six...

Din l-Art Helwa objects to hotchpotch on Britannia Flats

Din l-Art Helwa has insisted that any development should not be approved...

Din l-Art Helwa has insisted that any development...

Updated | PN takes Deborah Schembri to task over Paceville masterplan fiasco

PN insists parliamentary secretary Deborah Schembri must shoulder political responsibility for the Planning Authority's decision to allow Mott MacDonald to...

PN insists parliamentary secretary Deborah Schembri must...

No electricity to Gnejna boathouses, case officer report says

Providing the irregularly developed boathouses in Gnejna is a breach of the...

Providing the irregularly developed boathouses in Gnejna is...

Front Ħarsien ODZ criticises ‘suspicous’ Paceville master plan process

Far less time and money would have been 'wasted on this highly unjust proposal' had the government consulted civil society before rushing with its...

Far less time and money would have been 'wasted on this...

Planning Authority insists no conflict of interest by Mott MacDonald

PA says personnel who developed Paceville masterplan was separate from...

PA says personnel who developed Paceville masterplan was...

Approval granted to restore Floriana fortifications

Fortifications designed by the Italian engineer Pietro Paolo Floriani during...

Fortifications designed by the Italian engineer Pietro...