Law Blog

A planning application entitled “to extend reservoir, excavate rock, create an arch, erect a timber canopy and fix gate” was turned down by the then Environment and Planning Commission. The application relates to an agricultural field bordering the rear of a terraced house in Haz-Zebbug, overlooking Wied Baqqiegha. The Commission had stated that ‘the proposed […]

A planning application to allow ‘cooking’ on an already established catering establishment was approved by the Environment and Planning Commission, following which a number of third party objectors filed an appeal before the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal, requesting the revocation of the permit. In their submissions, the objectors pointed out that the premises in […]

A planning application entitled: ‘To sanction part of field as horse training track and haystore and to construct stables with paddocks’ was initially turned down by the then Environment and Planning Commission in 2011. The submitted drawings showed five stables (with paddocks alongside) together with a manure clamp, an underlying rainwater reservoir and a cesspit. […]

A request for the demolition of an existing old building followed by the construction of a wall ‘to close up the site’ was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission, despite the application was recommended for approval by the Planning Directorate. In actual fact, the building in question corresponds to a rural structure surrounded […]

A planning permission for the construction of a residence was issued by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (the MEPA) subject to archaeological monitoring. Incidentally, the building, though of no outstanding historic value, sits on clay foundations. Subsequently, it transpired that the permitted works proceeded illegally since the applicant failed to appoint an archaeological expert. […]

An applicant obtained a planning permission entitled “to sanction additions to residential unit”. The residence is located outside the Gudja development zone. The Commission accepted the proposal after the applicant’s architect submitted fresh drawings limiting the enclosed floorspace to 200 square metres as required by current rural policy. This meant that the applicant had consented […]