13-Floor Development in Xlendi set for approval
Building heights in Xlendi are limited to four floors and a semi-basement under the local plan, but a 13-storey development proposed by Joseph Portelli and Mark Agius is set...
Five-storey block proposed opposite historic Naxxar chapel
A case officer is recommending a five-storey development opposite the scheduled St John the Baptist Chapel in Naxxar
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...

Developer seeks permit for residences instead of disused cow farm in Birgu

A new cul-de-sac is being proposed to make way for residential development in a disused cow farm next to the entrance of De La Salle College in Birgu

A new cul-de-sac is being proposed to make way for...

Less Dubai in Smart City: laguna fountain to be removed

Public park around smaller fountain and two restaurants proposed instead of...

Public park around smaller fountain and two restaurants...

11-storey hotel set to rise near University

Joseph Portelli business associate proponent of hotel on former Mireva bookshop...

Joseph Portelli business associate proponent of hotel on...

FAA objects to Transport Malta's plans for offices, restaurant on Ta' Xbiex seafront

Transport Malta is seeking to build offices, meeting rooms, a shop and a restaurant between the Gzira Gardens and the yacht marina quay

Transport Malta is seeking to build offices, meeting...

Kalkara marina will enhance harbour views, Transport Malta claims

Superintendence welcomes clutter-free corridor between new berths and shoreline...

Superintendence welcomes clutter-free corridor between new...

Graffitti, Din l-Art Ħelwa join Australia Hall objectors

Heritage NGO Din l-Art Ħelwa and Moviment Graffitti object to zoning for three...

Heritage NGO Din l-Art Ħelwa and Moviment Graffitti object...

Hangover from 2006: new block for Santa Lucija open space

Fields added to development zones in 2006 and zoned for five-storey residential...

Fields added to development zones in 2006 and zoned for...

New 131 room hotel complex proposed instead of Swieqi cow farm

Application to turn cow farm in to hotel is the fifth attempt by owners to...

Application to turn cow farm in to hotel is the fifth...

Balzan project decision deferred after IT malfunction leaves objectors out of meeting

Only 12 objectors out of 257 had been informed of the planning meeting that was to decide the fate of Balzan apartment project to replace defunct Dolphin Centre

Only 12 objectors out of 257 had been informed of the...