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Naxxar council concerned by hotel development close to UCA

A six-storey hotel building is being proposed in the backyard of an existing old building, part of which is located within the Urban Conservation Area (UCA)

115 flats set to rise above Qormi farmhouse

Development proposed by Tum Invest director Silvan Fenech exceeds height limitation but an extra storey was added compensate for creation of ‘piazza’ around Qormi...

Hotels insist their Gzira lido does not require Lands Authority’s permission for rooftop sunbeds

Hotel consortium fronted by Michael Stivala presents legal opinion stating that the deed for the lease of public land transferred to it for 65 years only bans...

Hotel consortium fronted by Michael Stivala presents legal...

ERA objects to hotelier’s bid to relocate Xaghra farmhouse to pristine site in ODZ area

Hotelier Alfred Refalo wants to relocate a vernacular building from a rural hamlet along a main road, where he is building a hotel, to a pristine site...

Hotelier Alfred Refalo wants to relocate a vernacular...

48-apartment block approved in Sa Maison

Planning Authority approves demolition of the ex-Sa Maison residential home and a neighbouring old warehouse to make way for an eight-storey development...

Planning Authority approves demolition of the ex-Sa Maison...

Staircase, ramp and bathing platform in latest Veċċa plans

Veċċa project aimed at protecting cave and overlying road from collapse

Veċċa project aimed at protecting cave and overlying road...

Planning Authority approves Rialto restoration with new rooftop venue

Yana Mintoff, daughter of former Labour leader and Prime Minister Dom Mintoff,...

Yana Mintoff, daughter of former Labour leader and Prime...

PA refuses reconstruction of Għarb fireworks factory

The factory was the site of a tragedy which left six deaths in 2010

The factory was the site of a tragedy which left six deaths...

Planning Authority approves 275 apartments in disused Naxxar Quarry

Development approved by nine votes against two • Local council and NGO...

Development approved by nine votes against two • Local...

Busy day for planning board in Johann Buttigieg’s first public engagement after return

PA board meets today to decide on five major applications including a restaurant at Ħaġar Qim and the Rialto development in Bormla

PA board meets today to decide on five major applications...

SCH grants clearance for six-storey Qormi development next to historic farmhouse

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has approved a proposal to incorporate an existing farmhouse, currently surrounded by farmland, into a major...

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has approved...

Ministry upholds commitment to preserve Gżira garden after court rejects council’s appeal

Lands ministry says Council of Europe Garden should serve as an open space, despite a civil court rejecting the local council's bid to annul the relocation...

Lands ministry says Council of Europe Garden should serve...