‘Eye-candy’ photomontages can fool planners
Photomontages showing how a development will look like to any person standing at the same point as the image is taken can be useful for planners and decision-making boards. But...
ODZ shopping mall and hotel proposed next to Marsaskala petrol station
Development which includes a supermarket is being proposed next to petrol station and 155 meters away from another supermarket also being proposed outside the development boundary
Social impact assessments for projects to get standard template

The assessment will remain optional in most cases and will only become a...

The assessment will remain optional in most cases and will...

Valletta’s bulky arches to be replaced by slender foot bridges

The Great Harbour Regeneration Corporation is proposing the demolition of five...

The Great Harbour Regeneration Corporation is proposing the...

Works on former ITS site in breach of permit conditions, Graffitti insists

The NGO said that demolition work was underway despite the a ‘Stop Works’ being issued by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage

The NGO said that demolition work was underway despite the...

In Malta, the park walks you... the unsympathetic rules keeping people off the grass

To arms! But keep off the grass, please… Medieval revivalists bemoan restricted battleground in Mdina’s moat, where people are not allowed to walk...

To arms! But keep off the grass, please… Medieval...

Naxxar hotel in St Lucy neighbourhood could gobble up garden and open space

The development of a five-storey block will be on open space adjacent to the villa’s garden along Triq Hal Dghej

The development of a five-storey block will be on open...

Lower Verdala redevelopment to include 85 new apartments

The new development will consist of a 5-star hotel with 40 guestrooms and 17...

The new development will consist of a 5-star hotel with 40...

Assault on Swatar farmland: 60,000sq.m set to be developed

A zoning application seeks the green light for an extension of the town, with...

A zoning application seeks the green light for an extension...

Villa Gollcher gardens in Mosta touted for development of car park

Green enclave inside historical villa and garden in promise-of-sale agreement...

Green enclave inside historical villa and garden in...

PA refuses Gaffarena’s old people home in Birgu valley

The project had been deemed to be in breach of the Strategic Plan for the...

The project had been deemed to be in breach of the...

Carmelite Order denies giving developer consent for car park in Balluta

The Carmelite Order has denied issuing its consent for the development a 115-space car park under its convent gardens in the Balluta neighbourhood

The Carmelite Order has denied issuing its consent for the...

Five-storey complex on archeologically sensitive site gets PA green light

The Planning Authority has approved the construction of a five-floor, 99-apartment complex on the archeologically sensitive site of Tal-Qares in Mosta

The Planning Authority has approved the construction of a...

Carmelite convent garden earmarked for 115-space parking project

A request has been made to green-light an underground car park with 115 spaces...

A request has been made to green-light an underground car...

Naxxar nine-storey block touted as solution to ‘over-exposed’ streetscape

The proponents of a nine-storey block in the Naxxar Trade Fair parking area claim their project provides “enclosure” for an...

The proponents of a nine-storey block in the Naxxar Trade...

[WATCH] Planning Authority can’t postpone pending fuel station applications to appease public - Ian Borg

Applicants can resort to legal remedies if the Planning Authority doesn’t adhere to standard procedures

Applicants can resort to legal remedies if the Planning...

Planning Authority hindering access to planning documents

Public none the wiser after PA decides to restrict documents on applications it...

Public none the wiser after PA decides to restrict...

Four underground tunnels in project to connect Coast Road to St George’s Bay

A 1.5km underground link will connect the end of the Coast Road and St George's Bay in Paceville

A 1.5km underground link will connect the end of the...

‘Piecemeal tactic’ to give ODZ home for the elderly in Gudja five floors

Owners of a home for the elderly in Gudja have presented a second, application to add two storeys to what was initially approved as a two-storey high home in...

Owners of a home for the elderly in Gudja have presented a...

Ramla Bay hotel to rise to seven storeys in Cirkewwa

The owners of the Ramla Bay resort have applied to demolish the existing...

The owners of the Ramla Bay resort have applied to demolish...