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Works on Pieta block suspended after SCH appeal

The Environment and Planning Review Tribunal has upheld a request by the Superintendence for Culture Heritage to suspend works on a permit issued by the Planning Authority in...

Balzan’s Dolphin Centre: Zoning permit increases ‘risk’ to iconic trees

The future of two iconic ficus trees near the Dolphin Complex in Balzan is at risk, a case officer has warned

Hotel next to Tigné church will rise to 14 floors

Developer redesigns hotel to include set back at the upper three floors to...

Developer redesigns hotel to include set back at the...

PA shelves deadline for planning applications on extended building zones

The circular was issued in December 2012 and told owners of the land on which development could take place thanks to the ‘rationalisation’...

The circular was issued in December 2012 and told owners of...

Five-storey building proposed 60 metres from Skorba Temples

Superintendence for Cultural Heritage objects due to impact on vistas from the...

Superintendence for Cultural Heritage objects due to impact...

MIDI says Manoel Island amendments do not impact on overall heights

MIDI says total built-up area in amended plan is identical to...

MIDI says total built-up area in amended plan is identical...

Higher buildings proposed at Manoel Island

Plans submitted by MIDI in September foresee an additional four metres in...

Plans submitted by MIDI in September foresee an additional...

The new building will have the same height of the nearby 82m-high Fort Cambridge development, which was approved in 2008

The new building will have the same height of the nearby...

Manure recycling plant project rejected to Munxar residents’ delight

The Planning Authority has overwhelmingly rejected a planning permit for the construction of a facility to recycle livestock waste

The Planning Authority has overwhelmingly rejected a...

Hotel instead of Hunters Tower in Marsaxlokk gets green light

The first planning permit for the construction of a hotel adjacent to the...

The first planning permit for the construction of a hotel...

Famed Lapsi restaurant could become 11-room guest house

The Ta’ Rita restaurant in Għar Lapsi seeks to transform into an 11-room...

The Ta’ Rita restaurant in Għar Lapsi seeks to...

[SLIDESHOW] Saqqajja hotel architects propose new access to Mdina

Proponents of a new hotel to replace the former Tattingers disco and adjacent...

Proponents of a new hotel to replace the former Tattingers...

PA clamps down on massive Siggiewi illegalities

While some of the illegalities dated back to ten years ago, they have...

While some of the illegalities dated back to ten years ago,...

[ANALYSIS] After Pembroke, which are the next towers awaiting approval?

Despite the inevitable changes to the Maltese landscape, high-rise developments continue to be permitted in the absence of a skyline policy for the whole of...

Despite the inevitable changes to the Maltese landscape,...

Cottonera residents love their cities and wouldn’t change anything

Spared from construction spree, 61% of Cottonera residents say they would not...

Spared from construction spree, 61% of Cottonera residents...

Sliema church dwarfed by proposed 14-storey high-rise

Tigné church will be dwarfed by 14-storey building, altering seafront...

Tigné church will be dwarfed by 14-storey building,...

Burmarrad’s rural character threatened by ODZ supermarket and mega fuel station

Extravagant land take-up on the edge of rural Burmarrad for new supermarket and mega fuel station

Extravagant land take-up on the edge of rural Burmarrad for...

New 25-storey building for Paceville gateway

The now discarded Paceville masterplan had earmarked the site for...

The now discarded Paceville masterplan had earmarked the...

18th century baroque palazzo granted highest protection status possible

Villa Barbaro in Attard has been scheduled as a Grade 1 property

Villa Barbaro in Attard has been scheduled as a Grade 1...

Heritage Malta tries to stop demolition of St Elmo wall

The government body wants a permit to demolish a boundary wall separating Fort...

The government body wants a permit to demolish a boundary...