Law Blog

A request for the “change of use from a retail shop to pastizzeria” was approved by the Environment and Planning Commission subject to applicant implementing all recommendations listed in a fire and safety ventilation report, which applicant himself had commissioned earlier during the application process. The premises are located in Zabbar Road, Fgura. Following the […]

A planning application entitled “additions at fifth floor and construction of an overlying penthouse” was submitted to the then Malta Environment and Planning Authority. The building is situated in Strait Street, Valletta. Indeed, the initial drawings show a proposed additional dwelling occupying the air space of the sixth floor, together with an overlying receded penthouse. […]

A planning application for the conversion of a vacant building into a residence was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission. The site is located outside the development zone in Gozo. In its decision, the Commission had stated that the proposal infringes SPED Policy RO 4 and Policies 6.2C and 6.2A (2d) of the […]

A planning application entitled “to sanction construction of agricultural store and proposed extension to same” was submitted to the then Malta Environment and Planning Authority. The store is situated in a field located in an area known as Rdum Tal-Qammiegh in the limits of Mellieha. The Environment and Planning Commission had highlighted that ‘the proposal […]

A planning application to convert part of a garage into a cosmetics store was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission. The premises in question are located within the designated residential area of Swieqi. The Commission pointed out that ‘the proposed store has a deleterious impact on the amenity of the area in which […]

An application entitled “to construct a basement garage/store and an overlying residential unit” was initially turned down by the then Environment and Planning Commission. The application related to a vacant plot situated outside the limits of development in Rabat. The Commission had held that ‘the proposed development conflicts with Structure Plan Policy SET11, which does […]