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St Albert College receives clearance from the environment watchdog to relocate from Valletta to Għaxaq, where project is expected to take up 26,500sq.m of ODZ land • Final...
Visuals submitted by Joseph Portelli’s company indicate the proposed villas will not obscure nearby protected building but will change a familiar view
Qala local council appeals Joseph Portelli's ODZ swimming pools in Qala
Mayor Paul Buttigieg says the Planning Commission approved ODZ development despite ERA's objections
Mayor Paul Buttigieg says the Planning Commission approved...
PA uncomfortable with dismantling Marsaxlokk tower in absence of alternative site for relocation
PA postpones decision on dismantling of Marsaxlokk barumbara after chair expresses discomfort that alternative site has not yet been identified
PA postpones decision on dismantling of Marsaxlokk...
Hotelier persists with plans to knock down Palazzina Vincenti in St Julian’s
Plans submitted last week still envisage the demolition of the austere modernist building and its replacement by a 14-storey hotel despite PA’ emergency...
Plans submitted last week still envisage the demolition of...
Marsaxlokk historical barumbara could make way for new road
A case officer is recommending the approval of the dismantling and...
A case officer is recommending the approval of the...
Developers pay €7,000 ‘heritage gain’ not to re-use old Fgura stone
A ‘heritage gain’ of €7,000 will allow developers to scupper the obligation of reutilising the stone corbels of an old farmhouse in Fgura,...
A ‘heritage gain’ of €7,000 will allow...
Rabat Saqqajja hotel permit revoked
The planning appeals tribunal has revoked the permit for a proposed hotel on Saqqajja Hill after project was approved before geological studies were done...
The planning appeals tribunal has revoked the permit for a...
Five-storey building will mar Santa Lucija’s low-lying streetscapes
Residents brace themselves for fight against proposed development that will...
Residents brace themselves for fight against proposed...
Superintendence clears way for Stivala hotel overlooking Villa Bonici gardens
Photomontages of an 11-storey hotel overlooking the scheduled Villa Bonici gardens impress Superintendence for Cultural Heritage
Photomontages of an 11-storey hotel overlooking the...
Robert Abela applies to rebuild Żejtun ODZ villa
The plans foresee the construction of a replacement villa with a basement...
The plans foresee the construction of a replacement villa...
Superintendence drops objection to hotel and cabanas in historical garden
The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has dropped its objections to a new three-storey extension to an existing Palazzo, a swimming pool and 13 cabanas in...
The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has dropped its...
ERA approves doubling of Mellieha Bay hotel
The Environment and Resouces Authority is recommending a ‘no...
The Environment and Resouces Authority is recommending a...
Mizzi Estates apply to rebuild derelict Mellieha hotel on protected site
The former Festival Hotel nuzzled on the hillside below the Red Tower in Mellieha could be rebuilt with owners submitting plans for a new hotel in the...
The former Festival Hotel nuzzled on the hillside below the...
Sannat gets more flats after Portelli-linked application gets go ahead
Sannat block linked to Joseph Portelli gets planning green light in another case of ‘salami slicing’
Sannat block linked to Joseph Portelli gets planning green...
PA approves Joseph Portelli’s massive 88 apartment development in Balzan
Former infrastructure minister and architect Jesmond Mugliett, representing concerned residents, warns that splitting application in two, following the...
Former infrastructure minister and architect Jesmond...
Xlendi: Portelli 14-storey hotel looms over bay
Construction magnate’s Joseph Portelli’s Excel Limited has...
Construction magnate’s Joseph Portelli’s Excel...
Supermarket and apartments proposed in ODZ Għajnsielem field
Proposed development is just 38m from the remains of two neolithic huts and...
Proposed development is just 38m from the remains of two...
Stivala seeks PA permit for two new storeys on 15-storey Ta’ Xbiex tower
Developer also proposes the addition of an 85sq.m plot of land on a separate site as additional open space
Developer also proposes the addition of an 85sq.m plot of...
Manikata chapel: Curia dropped objection after ‘reaching understanding’ with developer
A letter in which the Curia dropped objections to an unsightly development engulfing the old Manikata chapel refers to “an understanding”...
A letter in which the Curia dropped objections to an...
