Law Blog

The Planning Commission was asked to decide upon a planning application for various structural additions and alterations to an existing building so as to increase the commercial area of a licensed shop at ground floor level and convert the overlying dwelling to an office. The building in question is located within the residential area of […]

The Environmental and Planning Review Tribunal had to decide whether the Planning Authority was justified to turn down a development planning application contemplating the ‘change of use from garages for private cars to storage facilities’. The premises in question are located in Triq San Gwakkin, Qormi. Following a thorough assessment, the Planning Authority observed that the […]

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority refused a planning application contemplating the demolition of an existing building followed by the construction of a new one. The Authority’s commission had held that access to the site was only possible via a restricted passageway situated off an alley in Mistra Road, St Paul’s Bay. Aggrieved by the […]

An owner of a small shop lodged a planning application to sanction an illegally built extension to a ‘pre-1994 convenience shop’. The drawings also show a wall mounted sign and a retractable canopy that were installed without a planning permit. Originally, a police licence was issued for a greengrocery having a floor area of 23 […]

A planning proposal entitled “to sanction existing dwellings (pre-1967 farmhouses)” was submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in an attempt to obtain permission for the sanctioning of structural alterations which had been carried out without planning consent. The interventions include the roofing over of a passageway linking two old buildings. The application involves two […]

A full development permission was issued to the Civil Protection Department for the construction of a fire station and an underground rainwater reservoir. The site in question borders Triq il-Kanun, Sta Venera. The site is currently vacant, fronting a mix of residential, commercial and light industrial development. The Planning Directorate had held that the proposed development […]