11-storey Spinola hotel recommended for refusal
The Planning Directorate is recommending the refusal of an 11-storey hotel proposed in place of the modernist HSBC branch in San Ġiljan
PA asks for removal of two rooms from Carlo Stivala’s 15-storey hotel
The hotel development will still rise about nine floors above existing three-storey buildings in the urban conservation area in Triq San Vincenz
Permit granted for 7,000sqm expansion at Bengħajsa Family Park

Extension will bring the Bengħajsa park to 27,000 square metres

Extension will bring the Bengħajsa park to 27,000...

Wied Inċita set to become prominent open space project

Approximately 20 tumuli of land...

Approximately 20 tumuli of land...

FAA: Capitanerie works takes Gżira gardens from residents, to give to yacht owners

Astrid Vella: “Far from taking from the rich to give to the poor, this socialist government is stealing from the poor to give to the rich...

Astrid Vella: “Far from taking from the rich to give...

PA set to refuse Hagar Qim restaurant make-over

Project was being objected to by the National World Heritage Technical...

Project was being objected to by the National World...

Graffitti says discrepancy in Villa Rosa consultation betrays government acquiescence

Planning Authority document initiating local plan review for the Villa Rosa high-rise has included an additional area beyond the land parcel’s...

Planning Authority document initiating local plan...

PN wants House committee hearing on St George’s Bay local plan changes

Government insists local plans will be scrutinised through public consultation and parliamentary committee hearing as prescribed at law

Government insists local plans will be scrutinised through...

Villa Rosa owners welcome public consultation on local plan change, commit to project revisions

Villa Rosa owners say local plan change an opportunity to deliver ‘an even better project’

Villa Rosa owners say local plan change an opportunity to...

Planning Authority to change Villa Rosa Local Plan, launches public consultation

Planning Authority announces three separate consultations on reviews to the 2006 Local Plans, including a review of the Villa Rosa site

Planning Authority announces three separate consultations...

Ħondoq: developers want gate and rubble walls around 28,000sq.m site

Scicluna Enterprises proposes reconstruction of pre-1978 rubble walls and gate...

Scicluna Enterprises proposes reconstruction of pre-1978...

PA approval of new road gives Portelli frontage for 200-apartment block

By obtaining a change in building alignments through the creation of a pedestrian passage, developer Joseph Portelli can apply for a sizeable development...

By obtaining a change in building alignments through the...

Planning Authority approves controversial Gozo airfield

PA approves Gozo airstrip off Xewkija despite appeal by Xewkija mayor for...

PA approves Gozo airstrip off Xewkija despite appeal by...

Villa Rosa local plan changes shock NGOs as PM, Opposition give silent nod

Moviment Graffitti: ‘Villa Rosa plans shows developers’ reign and savage greed is ruining country’; Arnold Cassola: ‘Bernard Grech...

Moviment Graffitti: ‘Villa Rosa plans shows...

Divers see Wied iż-Żurrieq upgrade works as missed opportunity for area regeneration

Wied iż-Żurrieq is the second most popular diving site in Malta after the Ċirkewwa Marine Park, and thousands of incoming tourist divers...

Wied iż-Żurrieq is the second most popular...

Supermarket and mall proposed instead of Ħaż-Żebbuġ batching plant

Staggering 50,000sq.m retail space instead of batching plant, near pristine rural area along Triq Wied is-Sewda in Ħaż-Żebbuġ

Staggering 50,000sq.m retail space instead of batching...

Former Ursuline Sisters convent in Bormla to be converted into boutique guesthouse

Post-war building in Bormla which served as a convent for the religious order of the Ursuline Sisters granted development permission by the Planning Commission...

Post-war building in Bormla which served as a convent for...

Residents, council protest Mellieha Heights development

Mayor, Il-Kollettiv believe the Government should retake the land, as Company...

Mayor, Il-Kollettiv believe the Government should retake...

PA zones Żabbar fields for dwellings proposed by Polidano

Construction magnate Charles Polidano will be able to develop a 3,360sq.m plot...

Construction magnate Charles Polidano will be able to...

Gozo seeks experts to set target date for climate neutrality

The Gozo Regional Development Authority is seeking a detailed plan for...

The Gozo Regional Development Authority is seeking a...