Suspension of development permits during appeals among proposals by environment commissioner for planning reform
Commissioner for Environment and Planning urges creation of a tribunal panel dedicated to third-party appeals, along with the introduction of a reward scheme for successful...
Lands Authority clearance still missing for Gzira lido roof deck
With no clearance forthcoming from the Lands Authority for the Aqualuna Lido in Gzira to use its rooftop as a sunbed deck, the case officer is now recommending refusal of the...
Botched 1990 police appeal paved way for ‘legalisation’ of Garden of Eden in Zurrieq

Documents submitted to prove the legality of existing structures at the Zurrieq wedding hall Garden of Eden, have cast a light on a series of procedural errors...

Documents submitted to prove the legality of existing...

Five-storey apartments proposed instead of Birgu barn

Superintendence concerned by “extreme intensity” of proposed...

Superintendence concerned by “extreme...

Dizz gets permit for tables and chairs in Gzira tower’s public open space

Environment and Planning Tribunal clears permit for chairs and tables in roofed open space next to Café Pascucci at 14 East high-rise development...

Environment and Planning Tribunal clears permit for chairs...

PA set to approve cul-de-sac to service new villas in Mellieħa woodland

Woodland earmarked for residential development in local plan had been designated as an Area of Ecological importance in 1996

Woodland earmarked for residential development in local...

Ċaqnu’s supermarket: PA appeals against compensation to former owners

The Planning Authority has appealed a court judgment awarding €331,295 in compensation for discrimination to landowners denied a permit

The Planning Authority has appealed a court judgment...

Sliema council and residents oppose 16-storey hotel on narrow alleyway

Residents express anguish at having endured constant building works for the past decade warning that the proposed project would further deteriorate air quality...

Residents express anguish at having endured constant...

Kalkara buffer earmarked for 10-villa development project

Villas proposed instead of cluster of roofless buildings on plot currently...

Villas proposed instead of cluster of roofless buildings on...

Tax-Xama to double in size with beach nourishment

Tax-Xama beach at St Paul’s Bay is set for a beach nourishment project by...

Tax-Xama beach at St Paul’s Bay is set for a beach...

Metropolis design ‘plagiarised’, court cancels €1.5 million claim

Metropolis developers win revocation of €1.5 million special privilege brought by Dutch architects who won original design contest

Metropolis developers win revocation of €1.5 million...

PAMA downscales shopping mall plans

New access to the shopping complex will be added because the present entrance from Pantar road poses a safety risk

New access to the shopping complex will be added because...

Corinthia submits plans for luxury resort, residences at former Ħal Ferħ site

Corinthia Hotels has submitted plans for a two-storey hotel and residences complex at the former Ħal Ferħ site in Għajn Tuffieħa • Talks with...

Corinthia Hotels has submitted plans for a two-storey hotel...

Għar Lapsi restaurant’s platform remains illegal

The Planning Authority has turned down an application to regularize a 24sq.m...

The Planning Authority has turned down an application to...

Unsightly Xemxija building could become hotel

Kaħlija Court, one of Malta’s most unsightly developments approved in...

Kaħlija Court, one of Malta’s most unsightly...

Gozo road gobbling 11,000 sq.m of agricultural land approved

Widening of road from Marsalforn to Rabat, Gozo justified by...

Widening of road from Marsalforn to Rabat, Gozo justified...

Qormi Centerparc wants two-storey DIY centre after local plan changes

A proposed amendment to the local plan in 2019 would increase the building...

A proposed amendment to the local plan in 2019 would...

Tal-Barrani braced for massive shopping mall

16,000sq.m mall to replace Ħal Għaxaq scrapyard and adjacent field

16,000sq.m mall to replace Ħal Għaxaq scrapyard and...

Zurrieq’s Garden of Eden seeks new permit for bungalows and private pools

Olive grove now proposed on site of illegal car park previously identified for bungalows

Olive grove now proposed on site of illegal car park...

Fomm ir-Riħ ‘store with a view’ wants permit

The owner of a plot in the pristine Fomm ir-Riħ wants a permit for a 15sq.m...

The owner of a plot in the pristine Fomm ir-Riħ wants a...