[ANALYSIS] Labour’s choice: Enriching owners... or saving townscapes?
Labour is increasingly caught in a contradiction between growing anger at the uglification of Maltese villages, and the aspirations of property owners eager to cash in by selling...
Planning Authority overrules case officer and approves Mellieha block deemed to create ‘excessive bulk’
The Planning Authority has overruled its case officer to approve a massive 11-floor development in Mellieha on the hilly terrain between Triq Tunbrell and Triq id-Denci
Sliema palazzo on sale for €3.7 million, but claims of hotel permits fall short of reality

PA still processing request to convert house into boutique hotel together with another eight levels of apartments, despite adverts saying that palazzo has...

PA still processing request to convert house into boutique...

Government’s appeal against former rector’s winery extension declared null

The PA’s Environment and Review Tribunal decided to nullify the appeal, on account that the new planning law does not apply to cases related to the...

The PA’s Environment and Review Tribunal decided to...

Planning Authority rejects electricity supply request for Gnejna boathouses

Planning Authority turns down application for provision of electricity to irregularly developed boathouses

Planning Authority turns down application for provision of...

Before Paceville masterplan, Portomaso set to get another ‘tower’

Case officer recommending Portomaso application for approval because Paceville...

Case officer recommending Portomaso application for...

Tower rises instead of rubble in Gozo

A modern version of a knight’s tower has been built in place of a pile of rubble in Zebbug, Gozo, after the Planning Authority approved...

A modern version of a knight’s tower has been built...

Planning secretary Deborah Schembri admits: ‘Paceville masterplan a no-go’

Parliamentary Secretary for Planning Deborah Schembri says if proposed Paceville masterplan had been presented as a final plan, she would not have signed it off

Parliamentary Secretary for Planning Deborah Schembri says...

Developers eye Hamrun townhouses

Back in 2009, the PA’s internal heritage watchdog had insisted that all the old townhouses in the area have architectural features worthy of...

Back in 2009, the PA’s internal heritage...

PA regularises dwelling in Natura 2000 Fawwara site

A 1988 document authorising development on the grounds of Sir Basil...

A 1988 document authorising development on the grounds of...

New lido on reclaimed land proposed in Sliema

A development application has been submitted to develop a lido on 2,861 square...

A development application has been submitted to develop a...

Planning Board turns down Mark Gaffarena’s application for 34 warehouses

The Planning Board has refused permission to a planning application for the construction of 34 warehouses located at Tal-Ponta, Kirkop

The Planning Board has refused permission to a...

Planning Authority greenlights carnival village

The development, catering to carnival enthusiasts and tourists,...

The development, catering to carnival enthusiasts and...

Planning Authority extends Paceville masterplan one-to-one consultation meetings

'Overwhelming' response to individual meetings leads Planning Authority to extend consultation period for the Paceville masterplan by another two...

'Overwhelming' response to individual meetings...

Planning amnesty: 652 applications filed in three months to ‘regularise’ illegalities

The Planning Authority has already received 652 applications to regularise illegalities since an amnesty programme was launched in August

The Planning Authority has already received 652...

Paceville masterplan: Front Ħarsien ODZ keeps up pressure

Front Ħarsien ODZ has called onced again for a national masterplan, as...

Front Ħarsien ODZ has called onced again for a national...

Gzira façade to be demolished despite heritage watchdog’s objection

The Planning Authority has approved the demolition of three townhouses to make way for another six-storey block in Gzira, ignoring the...

The Planning Authority has approved the demolition of three...

Environment authority, NGOs object to proposed Marsaxlokk car park

The government claims that the ODZ area has been identified as the most...

The government claims that the ODZ area has been identified...

Paceville masterplan ‘risks leaving surviving businesses limp’

The proposal could have a devastating impact on business in the...

The proposal could have a devastating impact on business in...

Prime Minister on Sliema walkabout with Astrid Vella’s FAA

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat goes on a brief walkabout around Sliema with...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat goes on a brief walkabout...