Triq il-Papa Gwanni Pawlu I, Birkirkara: planning intelligence
4 applications on record: 3 granted, 1 refused, 0 pending (75% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 1 residential units granted. 1 new in the last 12 months.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map BKM4): 3 Floors plus semi-basement, an overall height of 15.40 m (16.30 m with a basement, 17.50 m with a semi-basement) under the PA's interpretation of height limitation.
Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas CG07.
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus semi-basement; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, and the tallest grants went above the 2006 limit (later policy, DC15 and the 2024 height rules, allows more in places).
Along the street the policy map shows Residential Areas CG07.
Height precedents
- PA/06617/25 Birkirkara: Addition of a 1 bedroom duplex apartment over an existing block. Development includes addition of full floor at 3rd and receded floor at 4th.
- PA/04562/25 Birkirkara: To renew PA3299/20 (To construct room at third floor level plus other additions and alterations.).
What the planning files say
Refused here
- PA/01160/26 Birkirkara: Part change of use from private garage to public service garage.
Latest applications on Triq il-Papa Gwanni Pawlu I
- PA/01160/26 Birkirkara: Part change of use from private garage to public service garage.
- PA/06617/25 Birkirkara: Addition of a 1 bedroom duplex apartment over an existing block. Development includes addition of full floor at 3rd and receded floor at 4th.
- PA/04562/25 Birkirkara: To renew PA3299/20 (To construct room at third floor level plus other additions and alterations.).
- PA/04519/23 Birkirkara: To demolish existing washroom at second floor level, construct three additional floors, carry out minor alterations at existing level 0 stairwell and to install
Other streets in Birkirkara: Triq Fleur-De-Lys, Triq in-Naxxar, Triq Dun Karm, Triq Salvu Psaila, Triq il-Karmnu, Triq il-Bwieraq, Triq il-Kbira, Triq F. S. Caruana, Triq il-Wied, Triq Anglu Mallia, Triq San Giljan, Triq Ganu.