Law Blog

A planning application for the construction of a washroom on a Valletta property was turned down because it would adversely affect views of the Urban Conservation Area A planning application entitled “Enlargement of a washroom” overlying a multi-storey residential development in St Dominic Street, Valletta was turned down by the MEPA’s Planning Commission after it […]

A planning application entitled “Reactivation of Class 4b retail shop” concerning a small garage in Msida was turned down by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority’s Environment and Planning Commission after MEPA found that “the proposed development will remove the existing parking spaces for the building and so it would conflict with Structure Plan policy […]

An outline permit was issued prior to the introduction of the Local Plans which were issued in August of 2006. Subsequently, the applicant lodged a full development application in relation to the same site. The pertinent policies were changed in the interim period and the proposal was now in conflict with the new policies contained […]

Way back in 2014, the Victoria Local Council wanted to uproot 14 ficus nitida trees growing in Pjazza Indipendenza, Victoria. Subsequently, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority sent a letter dated 2 October, 2014 instructing the council that the trees were protected and the proposed uprooting was thus deemed unacceptable.  In reaction, the council lodged […]

The MEPA’s Environment and Planning Commission approved a planning application which was submitted by SK Victoria Wanderers, contemplating the construction of “a public belvedere at road level underlying a football club”. Following permit approval, a neighbour filed an appeal before the Environment and Planning Tribunal, requesting the revocation of the permit. In his detailed submissions, […]

An enforcement notice was issued by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority against an owner of a catering establishment in St Paul’s Bay, where it was alleged that a chimney duct was installed in the property without a planning permit. In this case, the MEPA had issued a planning permit for catering use in 2007 […]