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In a meeting where all participants, save the project’s consultants, urged the board to reject the project, the PA approved the construction of two 17-storey towers and a 12-storey hotel next to Pembroke’s residential area by margin of just one vote

The Planning Authority on Thursday approved by a whisker the controversial db Group project in Pembroke despite unprecedented opposition from local councils, re

Planning Authority sanctions Polidano’s Hal Farruġ plant Sanctioning includes residential quarter for migrant workers and a 19m-high office block 13 May 2021, 2:33pm by James Debono The Planning Authority has approved two applications by construction magnate Charles Polidano ‘iċ-Ċaqnu’ for an industrial compound in Hal Farrug. The developer had requested the authority sanction his deviations from permits for the industrial compound in Hal Farruġ, against a €32,754 fine. Only board ...

81 room hotel conditionally approved on Saqqaja hill PA issues permit for hotel development conditional on the presentation of studies being approved by Superintendence for Cultural Heritage 29 April 2021, 3:22pm by James Debono In a topsy-turvy meeting, the Planning Authority board has approved the proposed 81-room five-storey hotel, but made final approval conditional on the completion of geological and archaeological studies assessing the impact of excavations on the heritage site. The ca...

The old Tattingers nightclub at Saqqajja hill in Rabat is set to be demolished to make way for an 81-room five-star hotel despite geological concerns the works could damage Mdina’s fortifications and impact the skyline of the silent city. The planning board voted to grant the application an executable permit with the condition that geotechnical studies are carried out and fulfilling all conditions set out by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and Planning Authority. The applicants have...

Planning Authority approves Lapsi View guest house The iconic restaurant at Għar Lapsi known as Ta’ Rita is set to transform into a guesthouse   4 March 2021, 12:17pm by James Debono The Planning Authority Board has unanimously approved the transformation of the iconic Lapsi View restaurant, popularly known as Ta’ Rita, into a guesthouse.  The new guest house which will also include a restaurant, will be slightly higher but substantially bulkier at first floor level than the exi...

Planning Authority sends Naxxar 72-apartment block back to drawing board Board overrules Planning Directorate’s approval of project and asks developer to present new plans which are more respectful of the townscape 21 January 2021, 12:39pm by James Debono The Planning Authority board has sent plans for a five-storey block in Naxxar back to the drawing board after the majority expressed their concern on its impact on Naxxar’s urban conservation area. The development proposed by Charles Ca...

Mercury skyscraper grows to 33 floors as planning board approves three more storeys Malta’s highest building will get three new floors as the Planning Authority also approves a 19-storey hotel next to it in the Mercury House project 17 December 2020, 6:14pm by James Debono Artists impression of the Mercury Tower in Paceville, which will now have three more floors added to it The Mercury House tower in Paceville will grow taller by three more floors after the Planning Authority gave the go-ah...