Law Blog

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 […]

A planning application for the sanctioning of an open staircase located in a front garden together with the roofing of part of the site curtilage at basement level was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission. This application was also subject to strong objections from a co-owner whom applicant notified by way of a […]

A planning permission for “a restaurant and an overlying bar area” was issued by the Environment and Planning Commission on premises located in the residential periphery of Rabat, facing the secondary town centre. In its justification, the Commission held that the proposal was in line with Policy NWCM 1 of the North West Local Plan. […]