Polidano eyes Xemxija for 1,800-space underground car park
The developers Charles and Paul Polidano are seeking the green light from the PA for a massive underground car park of seven levels across a 7,113sq.m plot in Xemxija
Photomontages reveal visual impact of Toyota showroom development
Visual Amenity Impact Assessment calls for a redesign of the project and a reduction in its height
Marsa sports complex rezoning proposal suggests tourism accommodation, offices

The Planning Authority is proposing new policies for the Marsa sports complex area, which it says could be turned into an international sports hub

The Planning Authority is proposing new policies for the...

Wied Babu holiday village plans spiked

The owners of the Garden of Eden wedding hall, who also own most of Wied Babu, have withdrawn plans for a holiday village over the site of the...

The owners of the Garden of Eden wedding hall, who also own...

Hunters’ Tower restaurant in Marsaxlokk to make way for hotel after permit approved

All Planning Authority board members have voted in favour of a 112-room hotel that will replace an existing restaurant on ODZ land in Marsaxlokk

All Planning Authority board members have voted in favour...

Lia sixth-floor Valletta boardroom gets PA board approval

PA approves Pawlu Lia’s six-storey block in...

PA approves Pawlu Lia’s six-storey...

Stricter rules for developments in vicinity of historical buildings

Environment minister Aaron Farrugia announces stricter rules for developments...

Environment minister Aaron Farrugia announces stricter...

DB group withdraws separate application to excavate ITS site

Application withdrawn just a week before start of public consultation by...

Application withdrawn just a week before start...

Fort Cambridge high-rise hits snag

Five years on, PA is still considering whether to schedule Fort Cambridge barracks earmarked for 31-storey hotel

Five years on, PA is still considering whether to schedule...

Government supercharges funding for green planning projects by local councils

Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia announced a 'Green reform' of the Development Planning Fund

Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning...

Villa Frere and its landscaped gardens in Pietà given highest level of protection

Planning Authority accords unique neoclassical property Grade 1 protection

Planning Authority accords unique neoclassical property...

Legality of Jerma development brief in Marsaskala challenged by NGOs

NGOs file judicial protest insisting that a development brief proposal released...

NGOs file judicial protest insisting that a development...

Gzira gardens redesign includes bike-friendly promenade, office

The concessionaires of Gzira’s Council of Europe Gardens want to build an...

The concessionaires of Gzira’s Council of Europe...

Villa Arrigo seeks green light for villas, underground car park

The owners of Villa Arrigo in Naxxar have presented three separate...

The owners of Villa Arrigo in Naxxar have presented three...

Rabat Wildlife Park’s illegal restaurant wants permit

The owner of a Rabat zoo wants to regularise an illegal restaurant which has...

The owner of a Rabat zoo wants to regularise an illegal...

Church leases Valletta property for offices, irks Superintendence

A Valletta corner building leased out by a Church order will be extensively...

A Valletta corner building leased out by a Church order...

Valletta office will rise to six storeys despite Superintendence’s objection

Three-storey corner office belonging to Joseph Muscat’s lawyer Pawlu Lia will rise to six, as PA board indicates intention to approve

Three-storey corner office belonging to Joseph...

Tuminvest withdraws Zebbug development application in Hal Mula

Withdrawal comes just two days after an emergency meeting of the local council...

Withdrawal comes just two days after an emergency meeting...

Don’t demolish 1800s townhouse, case officer tells Planning Authority

The Planning Authority’s planning commission will decide 20 May the fate of an old Birkirkara townhouse, whose demolition for speculative development...

The Planning Authority’s planning commission will...

Corinthia triggers lease mechanism for residential development at Ħal Ferħ complex

A re-zoning exercise to allow residential development at the Ħal Ferħ complex kick-started after site owners Corinthia triggered a lease mechanism that...

A re-zoning exercise to allow residential development at...