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Silvan Mizzi, a partner of construction mogul Joseph Portelli, has submitted plans for a four-storey block consisting mostly of studio apartments, adjacent to the Paola mosque

A previous permit for the erection of 88 apartments had been revoked by the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal

The Planning Authority has overruled its case officer to approve a massive 11-floor development in Mellieha on the hilly terrain between Triq Tunbrell and Triq id-Denci

Activists slam PA push to formalise Annex 2 guidelines into planning law

The Planning Authority (PA) said Monday it has started the process to revise policy P35, which is a specific policy introduced in November 2015 through the Development Control Design Policy, Guidance and Standards (DC15). The purpose of this revision is to give a clearer and more consistent understanding of the height and allowable number of

A five-storey high block consisting of a shop and 20 apartments has been approved in Paola’s village core some 265m downhill from the Corradino Correctional Facility

Council objecting to development of five storey development consisting of small studio apartments while taking aim at a policy which removed 20% capping on one-bedroom apartments, within a 350-metre range around the entire perimeter of the MCAST campus

MaltaToday’s freedom of information request reveals how ERA’s call to limit and define the kind of illegalities which can be sanctioned was completely ignored by government

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’ they so closely resemble: this ruling establishes that Malta’s urban streetscapes have indeed been the victim of an ‘act of ‘violence’ – now deemed ‘criminal’, by our country’s highest court - for the past seven years, at least

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti revoked a permit for a five-storey block in an area in Santa Lucija characterized by two-storey terraced houses built in the 1980s. James Debono caught up with different stakeholders to understand the impact of such a landmark decision on other pencil developments in other areas with a uniform skyline.