


New ferry to be located at Ta’ Xbiex
Infrastructure Malta has presented plans for a mooring facility and shelter over 1,700 sq.m of seabed immediately next to the Mamma Mia restaurant
Infrastructure Malta has presented plans for a mooring...

Gzira hotel ‘monstrosity’ meets council’s disfavour
Gzira mayor Conrad Borg Manché has expressed concern over plans for a...
Gzira mayor Conrad Borg Manché has expressed concern...

Massive three-tower high-rise in Ta’ Giorni won’t have EIA
Environment watchdog has exempted a high-rise project on Ta’ Giorni from...
Environment watchdog has exempted a high-rise project on...

Portelli wins planning approval for Qormi five-story block instead of high-rise
Qormi five-storey block: Mayor votes against, obtains just €10,000 in locality funds as planning gain for traffic impact
Qormi five-storey block: Mayor votes against, obtains just...

Xaghra caves threatened by illegal excavations
The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has expressed “grave...
The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has expressed...

Sliema Preluna towers over residential street
Sliema’s Preluna Hotel is set to expand horizontally after a recent...
Sliema’s Preluna Hotel is set to expand horizontally...

Lija villa area saved after Planning Authority raises bar on local plan
The Planning Authority has turned down an attempt to re-zone the grounds of a privately-owned villa in Lija to permit 13.5 metre-high apartments
The Planning Authority has turned down an attempt to...

305-boat marina proposed at Kalkara promenade
Despite a clear commitment from transport minister Ian Borg that the Kalkara...
Despite a clear commitment from transport minister Ian Borg...

Planning Authority stops illegal works behind Poligas
Action was taken yesterday following a report by MaltaToday
Action was taken yesterday following a report by MaltaToday

ERA wanted power of veto on applications outside development zones
Environment and Resources Authority formally asked for veto powers but
Environment and Resources Authority formally asked for veto...

Balluta Bay office development: PA approves parking spaces shortfall
Controversial development proposed green travel plan for staff that will have...
Controversial development proposed green travel plan for...

Developer’s Lija folly in olive tree field gets thumbs-down
Anglu Xuereb took field of olive trees and turned it into ‘excessively...
Anglu Xuereb took field of olive trees and turned it into...

Jerma development brief: massive volume will dwarf historic tower and residences
Graffitti: Jerma development brief drafted with the primary intention to accommodate the interests of a few developers and with little concern for the...
Graffitti: Jerma development brief drafted with the...

Maligned rural policy fuelled increase in ODZ swimming pools
663 ODZ swimming pools approved in 10 years: approvals increased after 2014...
663 ODZ swimming pools approved in 10 years: approvals...

Rabat: 33 properties and monuments get high protection status – in pictures
Properties, monuments and visual corridors in Saqqajja and Howard Garden area given high protection status
Properties, monuments and visual corridors in Saqqajja and...

Planning Authority refuses St Julian’s project opposed by residents and mayor
PA strongly objected in principle to this project, saying residential and commerical project wou;d compromise character of St Julian’s village core area
PA strongly objected in principle to this project, saying...

Qormi high-rise ditched, Portelli presents plans for five-storey block
The Mercury House developer Joseph Portelli has officially abandoned plans for an imposing 14-storey tower set on Qormi’s gateway, and has now submitted...
The Mercury House developer Joseph Portelli has officially...

Could European Landscape Convention limit the way Maltese villages are changing?
After 20 years Malta set to ratify European Landscape Convention, obliging signatories to protect their landscapes – a body of law that could put limits...
After 20 years Malta set to ratify European Landscape...