Since its inception in 1992, internal residential developments have been a contentious issue, primarily because the planning authority consistently hesitated to approve them due to their lack of street frontage and limited amenities. However, the introduction of the Development and Design Guidelines marked a turning point. The planning authority began to relax its stance after approving some internal developments, such as the Sliema Milner Development, even in the absence of specific policies.
Nonetheless, the 2015 Policy and Design Guidance introduced Policy P33, which has once again imposed stricter controls. Now, nine years later, I have compiled the key legal implications in a concise legal note.
