01.01.2026
Rural policy is not hostile to agriculture – it is protective of countryside
Rural planning control is often most strained where genuine agricultural activity intersects with sensitive landscape.…
29.12.2025
Understanding Basement restrictions in residential planning
Basement restrictions in residential planning are often misunderstood and applied mechanically, as though any residential…
26.12.2025
Objective Impartiality in Planning Law
Planning disputes often drift away from law and into atmosphere, where allegations of “conflict of…
23.12.2025
Renewal preserves not only the permission, but also its constraints
Legally, the permit renewal mechanism is not designed to reopen planning history on demand, but…
17.12.2025
Misconceptions on redevelopment Outside Development Zones
It is submitted that Policy 6.2C of the Rural Policy and Design Guidance 2014 is…
14.12.2025
Transparency is Still Mass: Glass Enclosures in Maltese Planning Law
It is submitted, first and foremost, that transparency does not negate mass. In planning and…
