115 flats set to rise above Qormi farmhouse
Development proposed by Tum Invest director Silvan Fenech exceeds height limitation but an extra storey was added compensate for creation of ‘piazza’ around Qormi...
PA ‘regularises’ 153 apartment block in Żonqor for €31,000 fine
Approved plans envisage 35 more apartments over and above what was approved in 2022 but architect insists and Planning Directorate insist that new design represents an improvement...
Tuna magnate withdraws Birzebbuga nine-storey hotel plan

After refusal recommendation, Charles Azzopardi withdraws plan to add two...

After refusal recommendation, Charles Azzopardi withdraws...

Illegal Bahrija gate exposes Malta’s enforcement sham

Changes to planning laws in 2015 allow owners to delay enforcement by first...

Changes to planning laws in 2015 allow owners to delay...

Environmental culprits to get petition rights on fines

Maximum daily €150 penalty for environmental offences in protected areas...

Maximum daily €150 penalty for environmental offences...

Historical Ottoman cemetery spared of industrial garage development

Planning Authority rejects industrial garage complex over impact on adjacent...

Planning Authority rejects industrial garage complex over...

BirdLife hits out at ‘moral crime’ after ERA endorses Marsaxlokk garden offices

Birdlife Malta describes the Environment and Resources Authority’s go-ahead for the development of the Marsaxlokk council offices on 900sq.m of...

Birdlife Malta describes the Environment and Resources...

High-rise on St George’s Bay: 35-storey tower on Villa Rosa

Local plan had limited heights to seven floors in area near Bay Street, now...

Local plan had limited heights to seven floors in area near...

Għarb rezoning of ODZ is non-starter, Planning Authority rules

Application to rezone 7,880sq.m of agricultural land in Għarb for...

Application to rezone 7,880sq.m of agricultural...

Hal Far racetrack consultants advise government to relocate refugees due to noise pollution

Racetrack abuts on refugee centre, with preliminary studies indicating noise pollution would be the major impact • Five other sites considered for...

Racetrack abuts on refugee centre, with preliminary studies...

Residents appeal Naxxar high-rise, Labour councillors backing PN mayor

Labour councillors push motion that claims Nationalist mayor voted in favour of project “after consultation with residents”

Labour councillors push motion that claims Nationalist...

Second mosque in Luqa estate, ‘bands’ area moves to Marsa

Islamic organisation granted land in Luqa industrial estate to vacate Ospizio...

Islamic organisation granted land in Luqa industrial estate...

ERA go-ahead for Marsaxlokk council offices

ERA gives go-ahead for Marsaxlokk council offices earmarked inside school garden

ERA gives go-ahead for Marsaxlokk council offices earmarked...

Refusal recomended for nine-storey Birzebbugia hotel

​The Planning Authority’s case officer is calling on the PA’s...

​The Planning Authority’s case officer is calling...

Portelli behind major Birkirkara development on GO exchange

Another major commercial and residential development is in the pipeline on the...

Another major commercial and residential development is in...

Shanghai Electric hints at plans for Marsa power station site

Ideas being considered for power station site include commercial centre,...

Ideas being considered for power station site include...

Residents and NGOs request EU investigation into Marsaskala yacht marina plans

700 Marsaskala residents and eight NGOs write to MEPs and European Commission, claiming the yacht marina plans in Marsaskala breach EU Habitats Directive

700 Marsaskala residents and eight NGOs write to MEPs...

Superintendence puts €25,000 tag on Nigret development

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has conditionally given its blessing...

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has conditionally...

Għaxaq could lose festa fireworks if Tarxien’s pyrotechnic factory gets green light

Għaxaq’s band clubs warn that approval of brand new fireworks factory in il-Ħbula area could spell the end of fireworks displays in their village

Għaxaq’s band clubs warn that approval of brand new...

Set for refusal, decision on massive Mġarr solar farm postponed

Decision postponed after PA’s planning commissioner requests solar farm...

Decision postponed after PA’s planning commissioner...