ERA does not object to new Smart City link road
Environmental authority concludes that project does not require a full environmental impact assessment despite loss of nearly 6,000sq.m of agricultural land 
Grotta disco in Xlendi regularised after 30-year saga
PA imposes €59,150 planning gain in return for sanctioning illegalities in the protected area • Illegal car park to be reinstated back to agricultural use 
Landmark court ruling quashes automatic right to build five floors

Building five floors wherever this is allowed by local plans is not an...

Building five floors wherever this is allowed by local...

PA bends rules to allow new storeys above iconic Sliema ‘Ramel’ building

FAA appealing permit to add storeys to protected landmark building, in breach of rules protecting Category A property inside urban conservation area

FAA appealing permit to add storeys to protected landmark...

[PHOTOS] Villa Rosa: €305m high-rise will have 789 serviced apartments to house 24,000 'tourists'

Anton Camilleri will self-finance the Villa Rosa development at St George’s Bay that will generate 2,214 cars a day but offer 11,000 square metres of...

Anton Camilleri will self-finance the Villa Rosa...

Għajnsielem valley arch to be rebuilt

​The Għajnsielem local council plans to reconstruct an iconic arched walkway bridge which collapsed in the mid-20th century, in a bid to restore the...

​The Għajnsielem local council plans to reconstruct an...

PA requests downsizing of proposed Mtarfa international school extension

PA’s planning board says proposed building needs to be downsized to blend in better with adjacent Grade 2 buildings

PA’s planning board says proposed building needs to...

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...