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The owner of a street level garage submitted a planning application to convert the garage into a commercial outlet. The garage, occupying an area of 50 square metres, forms part of a multi-storey complex in Zejtun. The dwelling on the upper level pertains to a different applicant who had acquired the overlying air space  independently […]

An attempt to sanction an extension to a confectionery was turned down by the then Malta Environment and Planning Authority on a number of counts. The drawings show an interconnected garage and a confectionery, without evidence of a  planning permit. The Commission observed that the extension was unacceptable in a residential area as ‘it would […]

Way back in 2006, the owners of Ta’ Ċenċ Hotel were informed by way of a letter over the signature of the chairman of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority that the minister responsible for Rural Affairs and the Environment at the time had ‘felt it appropriate to clarify that any future development was to […]

A planning application contemplating the demolition of an existing garage together with the subsequent construction of a block of apartments and underlying garages was submitted to the MEPA way back in 2004. The proposed designs include a number of dwellings located towards the rear of the site overlying internal garages having no frontage onto a […]

A request for the raising of a rubble wall bordering the garden of a villa was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission. In support of its decision, the Commission held that “the proposed height of the boundary wall would adversely affect the scenic value of the area and is hence in conflict with […]

An application for the “reinstatement, additions and alterations to an existing farmhouse” located outside the development zone of Zebbug was turned down by the then Environment and Planning Commission within the MEPA. In reaching its conclusion, the Commission held that  “the existing building for conversion does not have the minimum habitable area of 100sqm”, which […]