ERA objects to Portelli’s bid to regularise illegal ODZ swimming pools
Joseph Portelli is trying to sanction two gigantic ODZ  pools one of 414 sq.m and another of 267 sq.m which were originally approved by the Planning Authority but whose...
Planning Commission chairman excludes relocation of Marsaxlokk historical tower to ODZ site
Environmentalists fear that the new road, which is the reason behind the tower's proposed relocation, will pave the way for development in this relatively pristine area,...
Pembroke residents: Widespread opposition to DB project must be respected

Pembroke residents say that the DB project and other 'unsustainable megaprojects' in the area will exacerbate traffic congestion and harmful air...

Pembroke residents say that the DB project and other...

Over 12,400 building permits make 2019 another booming year for construction

Data shows number of permits for new dwellings registering first decline since 2013 but still the second highest ever in the last years

Data shows number of permits for new dwellings registering...

PA declares intention to approve Ta’ Xbiex 15-storey tower

Case officer recommended refusal due to basement garage heights being lower...

Case officer recommended refusal due to basement garage...

Portelli’s illegal excavations in Qawra regularised by the Planning Authority

Palm Court hotel excavations carried out in emergency works for road stability went beyond area impacted by geological fault 

Palm Court hotel excavations carried out in emergency works...

Marsaxlokk car park eyed for hostel and elderly home to residents’ dismay

Football club want government car park for project that includes shops, sports facilities, and old people’s home

Football club want government car park for project that...

Old Mellieha house gets the chop

A two-storey Mellieha farmhouse deemed to have 'vernacular value' by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage will still be demolished to make...

A two-storey Mellieha farmhouse deemed to have...

Lombard takes former Dalli home for Balzan branch

Lombard Bank will turn a corner townhouse in Balzan’s Triq il-Kbira,...

Lombard Bank will turn a corner townhouse in Balzan’s...

DB hotel project gets seven-floor haircut after damning NAO report

DB Group presses ahead with Pembroke tower plans – no reaction from...

DB Group presses ahead with Pembroke tower plans – no...

Dingli up in arms over re-proposed five-storey development

The village of Dingli is once again up in arms against a proposed five-storey...

The village of Dingli is once again up in arms against a...

40-storey Fort Cambridge tower hotel shaved down to 31

Fort Cambridge tower hotel down 11 metres from 40 to 31 storeys, but but number...

Fort Cambridge tower hotel down 11 metres from 40 to 31...

Planning Authority to resume public meetings with video-conferencing

Video-conferenced PA meetings, and all development permits extended by three...

Video-conferenced PA meetings, and all development permits...

Zonqor development has residents concerned

Residents in the area are up in arms insisting that the area should never have...

Residents in the area are up in arms insisting that the...

Mistrust and resentment over Testaferrata Street high-rise: 62% say no to new tower

Nearly two-thirds of residents in Gzira, Msida and Ta’ Xbiex disagreed with a proposed 15-storey tower on Testaferrata Street, which would stand beside...

Nearly two-thirds of residents in Gzira, Msida and...

Superintendence wary of Valletta excavations under Times building

Two basement floors from five, and seventh floor removed from Strickland House...

Two basement floors from five, and seventh floor removed...

Six-storey hotel proposed in Sliema two-storey area

Six-storey 20-room hotel proposed inside two-storey street left out of Sliema...

Six-storey 20-room hotel proposed inside two-storey street...

Manoel Island downsizing gives MIDI 63 extra apartments in Tigné

MIDI will exceed floor area granted to it in 1999 by 204sq.m if 17-storey tower...

MIDI will exceed floor area granted to it in 1999 by...

Vanishing Spinola: Nine-storey apartment block to replace promenade boathouse

St Julian’s Spinola Bay is facing yet another incursion on its promenade, with one of its oldest boathouses to be replaced by a nine-storey block

St Julian’s Spinola Bay is facing yet another...

Planning Commission does a U-turn and approves Fortina's ferry landing place in Balluta Bay

The Planning Commission had indicated that it would refuse the permit application filed by the Fortina Group to construct a ferry landing place in Balluta Bay...

The Planning Commission had indicated that it would refuse...