Mercury boss Portelli does not want to pay €41,000 imposed by PA for ODZ permit
Gozitan mega-developer Joseph Portelli’s companies is refusing to pay a €41,075 planning gain imposed as a condition by the Planning Authority for a permit on six...
Black Gold bar seeks to regularise extension of seating area
The Sliema council is objecting to the regularisation of an extension of the Black Gold bar seating platform, which restricted the pavement space by a further 0.5m
Friends of the Earth crowdfund restoration of old Comino bakery for community centre

FOE wants to turn old Comino bakery into into a community centre equipped with basic hosting facilities, space for informal workshops and a space to...

FOE wants to turn old Comino bakery into into a...

Eight-storey office, mall and supermarket for Toyota showroom

Project includes a four-storey mall, with supermarket, a six-storey car park...

Project includes a four-storey mall, with supermarket, a...

Cruise liner terminal parking in the balance over archaeological finds

A proposal to construct five parking levels for 195 cars and one level of commercial outlets for the Valletta cruise terminal on a site presently used as a...

A proposal to construct five parking levels for 195 cars...

Balluta rooftop restaurant finds no favour with heritage watchdog

PA asked to sanction more illegal works at former Piccolo Padre restaurant...

PA asked to sanction more illegal works at former Piccolo...

Jerma project in Marsaskala to include two eight-storey blocks housing residences and hotels

Proposed Jerma plans show that the area for residential development is 2,000sq.m more than the area allocated for apartments in the development brief...

Proposed Jerma plans show that the area for residential...

Gudja council drops plans for offices in Raymond Caruana garden

The Gudja local council has shelved plans to develop its offices in the Raymond...

The Gudja local council has shelved plans to develop its...

Eight-storey old people’s home proposed next to Birkirkara’s iconic windmill

The proposed old people’s home could become the tallest building in this part of Birkirkara a short distance away from the scheduled Ta Ganu windmill

The proposed old people’s home could become the...

Delimara: Landowner wants Hofra l-Kbira villa instead of disused farm

​A disused livestock farm off Triq Xrobb l-Għaġin and overlooking the...

​A disused livestock farm off Triq Xrobb l-Għaġin and...

20 years later, illegal Siggiewi yard still wants permit

Pristine agricultural area at Ta’ Żgamardi transformed by illegalities...

Pristine agricultural area at Ta’ Żgamardi...

Orthodox Jews get synagogue in former Sliema post office

The Planning Authority has approved Malta’s first fully-fledged Jewish...

The Planning Authority has approved Malta’s first...

Public green land housing important plants inexplicably put up for sale

Government wants to green urban areas but is then selling an undeveloped parcel of land in Mellieha that houses endemic and indigenous plants

Government wants to green urban areas but is then selling...

Bonnici Bros want 112-unit block on agricultural plot

The developers Bonnici Brothers are seeking to turn a 5,800sq.m plot of...

The developers Bonnici Brothers are seeking to turn a...

Smart City blocks tower over Xgħajra in new photomontages

​Photomontages for two 11-storey blocks proposed at Smart City show the new...

​Photomontages for two 11-storey blocks proposed at Smart...

Evidence of old agricultural techniques under Zonqor carobs

​Soil clearance in an area in Żonqor point in Marsaskala – now...

​Soil clearance in an area in Żonqor point in Marsaskala...

Green patch in Valley Road targeted for five-storey block

Development on 50m stretch of Valley Road could compromise watercourse and lush...

Development on 50m stretch of Valley Road could compromise...

BCA fines Portelli, Polidano and site technical officer in Psaila street case

Kamra tal-Periti investigation aimed at establishing responsibilities not just of architect but also of developer, contractors and site technical officer...

Kamra tal-Periti investigation aimed at establishing...

No consultation as yet over Marsaxlokk football club’s home for the elderly

Case officer recommending approval of football club’s sports hostel and elderly home project did not include feedback from Social Care Standards...

Case officer recommending approval of football club’s...

Swiss cheese or honeycomb? 33-storey tower approved in Paceville

The board imposed a condition requiring a green travel plan to reduce projected...

The board imposed a condition requiring a green travel plan...