Law Blog

A planning application entitled “Extension to build apartments and garages” in Triq il-Karmnu, San Giljan was turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission after it held that “the proposed development is incompatible with the urban design and environmental characteristics of the Urban Conservation Area.” The Environment and Planning Tribunal, however, ordered MEPA to allow the […]

A 2012 planning application for the “sanctioning” of  a number of structural variations, which were carried out without a permit, was turned down by the MEPA’s Planning Commission after it held that the building height violated the maximum height limitation as established by the Gozo and Comino Local Plan.  In this case, applicant was contending that […]

A development application entitled “proposed demolition of existing premises and construction of apartments over underlying basement” (in St Julian’s) was initially turned down by the MEPA’s Environment and Planning Commission after it held that “the proposed development, in terms of its floor area, massing, building depth and site coverage, is of an excessive scale and would […]

A planning application entitled  “Change of use from garage to public service garage for chauffeur service” in Triq it-Tullier, Attard, was initially turned down by MEPA’s Environment and Planning Commission after it held that “the proposed public service garage is unacceptable in a designated Residential Priority Area as it would have a deleterious impact on the […]

A planning application entitled “Extension of existing pavement and placing of tables and chairs” fronting a catering establishment in Triq ix-Xatt, Sliema was initially turned down by the Environment and Planning Commission after it held that  the proposal involved the extension of a pavement which will remove existing on-street parking spaces. The Commission concluded that the […]

A 2013 planning application for the ‘construction of two semi detached bungalows’  in Iklin was approved by the Environment and Planning Commission. Following approval of the application, some neighbours lodged an appeal before the Environment and Planning Tribunal giving detailed reasons as to why the permit in question should be revoked. In response to the […]