PA set on refusing 69 new villas at Smart City
Case officer had recommended approval of the villas which exceeded the amount of residential space allowed in the 2009 masterplan, but Planning Board unanimously agrees the...
PA approves business centre on iconic Savoy hotel site
PA board impose €40,000 planning gain to compensate for traffic impact of project
Mensija up in arms as Portelli project breaks up streetscape and threatens cave and trees

Portelli’s Mensija project has residents up in arms: the shade falls directly onto the nearby houses, and residents claim it will endanger the Ghar...

Portelli’s Mensija project has residents up in arms:...

Remove Ghajn Tuffieha illegalities, cultural heritage watchdog says

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has insisted that illegalities next...

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage has insisted that...

Lija’s villa area faces three-storey apartment block rezoning

A characteristic villa area in Lija could be rezoned to permit 13.5-metre high...

A characteristic villa area in Lija could be rezoned to...

Wied Għomor guesthouse to be refused because of ‘illegal use’

Two successive permits issued in 2017 and 2018 had allowed a dilapidated...

Two successive permits issued in 2017 and 2018 had...

Plan for road-widening to link Paceville tunnel, but unavailable to public

Plans presented to the Planning Authority unavailable to the public but site suggests road-widening between Coast Road and St Andrews, with links to St...

Plans presented to the Planning Authority unavailable to...

Danish Village withdraws application for Ghadira beach concession

The withdrawal of the application follows objections presented by both the...

The withdrawal of the application follows objections...

Polidano wants illegal Safi boundary wall regularised

Construction magnate Charles Polidano has applied for the regularisation of a...

Construction magnate Charles Polidano has applied for the...

Isla council reiterates demand for free parking spaces in objection to AUM expansion

The council expresses concern that parking provisions are lacking and warns this will have a negative impact on residents

The council expresses concern that parking provisions are...

Tigné development to be finalised with 16-storey tower on coast

MIDI developers issue design plans for 16-storey tower but application details...

MIDI developers issue design plans for 16-storey tower but...

Lands Authority objects as PA to decide on Danish Village beach concession on Friday

The Malta Tourism Authority hints that it may drop its objection if beach loss at Għadira is reversed

The Malta Tourism Authority hints that it may drop its...

Heritage watchdog objecting to Birkirkara house demolition

Superintendence strongly objects to Birkirkara village core demolition

Superintendence strongly objects to Birkirkara village core...

Central Link: developer wants roadside café

A roadside cafeteria is being proposed instead of a derelict rural building...

A roadside cafeteria is being proposed instead of a...

‘Guesthouses’ sprawling into residential areas in Birkirkara, Sliema and Gozo

Six-storey guesthouse in Sliema’s Amery Street, five-storey and four-storey guesthouses in Birkirkara and San Lawrenz

Six-storey guesthouse in Sliema’s Amery Street,...

St Julian’s valley ruins to get green light for guesthouse

Ruins of two houses Wied Ghomor valley houses approved for rebuilding as...

Ruins of two houses Wied Ghomor valley houses approved...

Santa Lucija activists meet Borg with alternative design for Tal-Barrani entrance

Save Sta Lucija Open Spaces Network tell roads minister jogging track green area must be spared from roads project

Save Sta Lucija Open Spaces Network tell roads...

‘Magic wand’ treatment at Planning Authority turns Gozo rabbitry into villa

Controversial permits issued in 1999, 2014, 2018 and 2019 pave way for a villa with pool in a pristine location of Gozo

Controversial permits issued in 1999, 2014, 2018 and 2019...

74% of Planning Authority zoning applications not accessible to the public

Zoning applications not accessible to the public include a couple of large tracts of land within building zones, but located in sensitive areas of ecological...

Zoning applications not accessible to the public include a...

Planning Authority to make an incision in the bastions

The Planning Authority is set to approve its own application, to make an...

The Planning Authority is set to approve its own...