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The PA has stopped illegal work on a parcel of land abutting the Mdina bastions.

PA stops illegal work on land abutting Mdina bastions

Application was to restore, rehabilitate agricultural stores

May 26, 2022| Matthew Xuereb
The proposed development would create a blank party wall, outlined in red, overlooking the scheduled Ta’ Ħaġrat temples. Photo via Planning Authority

‘Disrespectful’: Heritage Malta objects to block overlooking Ta’ Ħaġrat temples

Megalithic temple forms part of UNESCO world heritage site

May 26, 2022| Jessica Arena
This pavement space has taken away from pedestrians by an eatery in Marsascala. Photos: Karl Andrew Micallef

Watch: Tables and chairs swamp Marsascala pavements as residents object

Pavements turned into an obstable course and even playgrounds are not immune

May 26, 2022| Sarah Carabott
A site that was cleared near Birzebbuġa.

Planning Authority removes small illegal structures from various localities

Rooms, material removed from sites across Malta and Gozo

May 24, 2022| Times of Malta
The old university campus. Photo: Google Street Views.

Court gives go-ahead for new restaurant under old university campus

Concern how development application was processed by PA

May 23, 2022| Edwina Brincat
The land is outside the development zone and falls within an area of protected landscape.

Plans to turn massive Birżebbuġa agricultural land into quarry

The site is within a designated area of landscape protection

May 23, 2022| Jessica Arena
Hal-Caprat is intended to be a village within a village. Photo: Valentino Architects

Care home plan that faces huge opposition wins international award

Ħal-Caprat architects blame opposition on ‘state of paranoia’ about development

May 23, 2022| Fiona Galea Debono
People holding placards at a demonstration in Mġarr against the Electrofix appeal on the Mgarr solar farms. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

'Is this progress?' Mġarr farmers and residents unite to protect ODZ fields

Residents and farmers angered by Electrofix solar farm appeal

May 21, 2022| Giulia Magri
Planning Authority Executive Chairperson Martin Saliba (left) and Minister of Public Works Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi (centre). Credit: Planning Authority

PA supports każini survive the pandemic with €250,000 in restoration funding

The Planning Authority is funding almost a quarter of a million in restoration and maintenace works on local clubs and każini to help them recover from the financial blow dealt during the pandemic. In a statement, the PA said that following the launch...

May 21, 2022| Times of Malta
The previously ‘caged’ canopy on The Strand, in Sliema has now been altered to be open on three sides. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

No longer a ‘cage’: controversial Sliema canopy has sides removed

We want to listen to the community, say operators of chocolate shop

May 20, 2022| Jessica Arena
The kiosk in Sliema takes up pedestrian space. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

‘Utter lawlessness’: Sliema kiosk takes over more of the promenade

What was once a kiosk is now an extensive dining area

May 19, 2022| Fiona Galea Debono
Photo: Din l-Art Ħelwa.

Activists claim local council collusion over rubble wall off Ta Ċenċ development

EU funded-rubble wall found with pipes hidden inside it

May 16, 2022| Times of Malta
The Sliema local council has slammed the structure and said it will take other 'legal avenues' to prevent the 'obscenity' further ruining the town. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Sliema council vows to take ‘all necessary action’ to remove 'metal cage'

Council willing to seek 'other legal avenues' to remove structure

May 15, 2022| Giulia Magri
Arkadia has effectively delayed enforcement proceedings through the application for new canopies, seen here in a digital rendering. Photo via Planning Authority

Application for permanent canopies outside Suq tal-Belt food court

New application stalls appeal on Planning Authority's 2019 enforcement action

May 14, 2022| Jessica Arena
The Sliema community said the structure is unacceptable. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Backlash as ‘metal cage’ appears on The Strand

'I don’t pay €500-a-day in rent to have this thing obstruct half my storefront'

May 14, 2022| Jessica Arena
The area that, according to the planning project, would be taken up by the tourist accommodation in Marsaxlokk.

Plans to turn disused farms in Marsaxlokk into tourist development

The site measures 3,874 square metres, all of it outside the development zone

May 14, 2022| Jessica Arena
Figures from the Planning Authority show that, in 2021, it received 104 requests for permits from bars, cafes and restaurants wishing to extend their premises outdoors.

COVID accelerates café, restaurant applications for outdoor seating areas

Applications shot up last year

May 14, 2022| Giulia Magri
The platform outside Brasserie Rodin in Spinola Road, St Julian’s. FILE PHOTO

Platform outside St Julian’s restaurant has no permit

Restaurateurs complain about the obstruction it is causing

May 12, 2022| Fiona Galea Debono
The skyline in Gozo is rapidly changing. Photo: Daniel Cilia

The planning minister’s golden opportunity - Brian Decelis

Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi has his work cut out. Will he be up to it?

May 10, 2022| Brian Decelis
The hotel is replacing the four-storey Sea Breeze guesthouse in Pretty Bay. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Tuna mogul Charles Azzopardi wants an extra floor at his new hotel in Birżebbuġa

Seven-floor hotel at former Sea Breeze site could become eight floors tall

May 9, 2022| Jessica Arena
The cavity in Mellieħa was found to contain human and animal remains as well as pottery deposits linking it to the Neolithic period. Photo: Superintendence of Cultural Heritage

Prehistoric remains, tombs and a chapel: Culture Watchdog lists 2021 discoveries

Superintendent of Cultural Heritage says workload keeps on growing

May 9, 2022| Jessica Arena
The Barumbara ta’ Lambert is a unique structure. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Appeal fails to prevent barumbara being swallowed by development

18th-century pigeon loft is Grade 2 scheduled

May 9, 2022| Jessica Arena
Demolition taking place on Friday. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Madliena's Porziuncola Retreat House is getting demolished

Court dismisses residents' court case seeking an injunction

May 7, 2022| Matthew Xuereb
An artist's impression of how the project will look. Photo: Project applicants/architect

Ex-Raffles disco to become food court, childcare centre

The scheduled Grade 1 building will be restored to former glory

May 4, 2022| Matthew Xuereb
The organisations want the court to overturn two policies. File photo

Environmental groups file court case to overturn PA building height policies

NGOs seek to strike off controversial policies P35 and DC15

May 3, 2022| Times of Malta
The proposed swimming pool would jut out into the Marsalforn valley. Photo: PA

PA sends Portelli’s ODZ Xagħra pool back to the drawing board again

Application has been twice recommended for refusal by a case officer

May 2, 2022| Jessica Arena
The niche is said to be 300 years old, commissioned by a grateful farmer whose family was released by pirates.

Permit granted for new floors above 300-year-old niche in Gozo street

Objectors say it will ruin the historical niche and the quaint street in Xagħra

May 1, 2022| Giulia Magri
The site of the proposed pool in Xagħra juts out onto Marsalforn valley.

Back to ODZ business at the Planning Authority? – Alan Deidun

The ink has barely dried on the election result and things are back to normal

May 1, 2022| Alan Deidun
An impression of what the 16-storey Marsa tower would have looked like. Photo: Planning Authority

Proposed Marsa high-rise slimmed down to six-floor block

Developers have revised their plans to build a 16-storey tower

April 28, 2022| Jessica Arena
Farmers are objecting to a permit for a new fireworks factory in Għaxaq.

A third fireworks factory is heading for Għaxaq

Plans for factory on 9,000 square metres of arable land date back a decade

April 28, 2022| Matthew Xuereb