Floriana’s traditional community is being ‘squeezed out’, local council warns
The Floriana council is strongly objecting to hotel developments, warning that the conversion of residential properties into tourist accommodation is threatening the town’s...
Preluna Hotel gets its twin
PA approves 15-storey hotel instead of the Astra hotel on the corner between Tower Road and Milner Street in Sliema
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar condemns Qawra, Sliema Chalet declassifications

FAA calls out sham public consultation for Public Domain classification of Qawra and Sliema shoreline declassifications to benefit private projects

FAA calls out sham public consultation for Public Domain...

No to new supermarket on Birkirkara bypass, says ERA

Environment and Resources Authority objecting to brand new supermarket,...

Environment and Resources Authority objecting to brand...

Lower but larger Delimara hotel makeover heading for approval

Changes proposed to an already approved 17-room hotel development at Kalanka...

Changes proposed to an already approved 17-room hotel...

New Għaxaq school will have major negative impact on cultural heritage

Redevelopment of 36,000sq.m school campus for St Albert College revised to protect two scenic country lanes, but will still result in a considerable loss of...

Redevelopment of 36,000sq.m school campus for St Albert...

Superintendence clears the way for development of Kalkara’s green lung

Development would obliterate 6,200sq.m of green space but photomontages suggest that the development will be harmonious with its surroundings

Development would obliterate 6,200sq.m of green space but...

St Julian’s: Richard England’s modernist bank faces demolition for 10-storey hotel

Bank sold by HSBC in 2019 now earmarked for 10-storey hotel

Bank sold by HSBC in 2019 now earmarked for 10-storey hotel

Church school project in Għaxaq to gobble up agricultural land the size of four football pitches

Plans for the construction of a new school presented by St Albert College envisage the loss of 28,150sq.m of agricultural land and the uprooting for 46...

Plans for the construction of a new school presented by St...

Wartime bog could be Malta’s most ‘protected’ latrine

British-era latrine forming part of Australia Hall will be relocated due to...

British-era latrine forming part of Australia Hall will be...

Mrieħel bypass: supermarket proposed on agricultural land

Supermarket proposed on 5,800 sq.m of land, mostly ODZ but also on area zoned...

Supermarket proposed on 5,800 sq.m of land, mostly ODZ but...

Tuna farms eyeing growth to move 4.6km off Qala

Closer to Gozo and further away from Mellieħa, new fish-farm zone will house...

Closer to Gozo and further away from Mellieħa, new...

PA waives parking requirements for Sliema synagogue

Reason given by architect is that Jews are not allowed to use cars on the...

Reason given by architect is that Jews are not allowed to...

Stivala’s Ta Xbiex tower gets two new floors

Impact of tower on protected university view neutralised by the yet to be...

Impact of tower on protected university view neutralised by...

‘Nothing more to add’: Watchdog on towers marring University vista

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage 'has no further comments to add' following the presentation of photomontages showing Michael...

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage 'has no...

Government wants to exempt Chalet and Suncrest lido from Public Domain

​The government wants to 'declassify' the Sliema Chalet site, now earmarked for privatisation in a recently issued call for bidders, from the...

​The government wants to 'declassify' the...

Fort Cambridge high-rise heading for approval

31-storey hotel 'recommended for approval', preceding pending decision...

31-storey hotel 'recommended for approval',...

No apartment block next to Zabbar cemetery grounds, says health directorate

​The Environmental Health Directorate has officially objected to the rezoning of land next to the Zabbar cemetery from one earmarked for cemetery expansion,...

​The Environmental Health Directorate has officially...

New plans for Marsaxlokk hotel on site of demolished heritage building

New plans have been submitted for the construction of a five-storey guesthouse instead of a scheduled building fronting the Marsaxlokk promenade which was...

New plans have been submitted for the construction of a...

Ta’ Qali: ‘forest’ and obstacle course proposed in agricultural plot

A 39,000sq.m plot of agricultural land in Ta’ Qali is being eyed by its owners, developer Darren Desira, for an afforested obstacle race-course

A 39,000sq.m plot of agricultural land in Ta’ Qali is...