Triq il-Hemda, Dingli: planning intelligence
3 applications on record: 3 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 7 residential units granted.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map 69): 3 Floors, 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: NWUS3 Dingli Residential Area (54%); NWUS 6 Urban Open Space (46%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors; 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 NWUS3 Dingli Residential Area (54% of the frontage); NWUS 6 Urban Open Space (46% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/00227/23 Dingli: Sanctioning of a first floor maisonette as built over PA/04613/93 including demolition of part roof structures, extension at second and third floor levels. Sanc
What the planning files say
Latest applications on Triq il-Hemda
- PA/06038/24 Dingli: To sanction maisonette as built from PA4613/93.
- PA/01869/24 Dingli: To demolish washroom, convert terraced house into maisonette and common stairwell with lift and construct three overlying apartment and penthouse.
- PA/00227/23 Dingli: Sanctioning of a first floor maisonette as built over PA/04613/93 including demolition of part roof structures, extension at second and third floor levels. Sanc
Other streets in Dingli: Triq il-Kbira, Triq il-Buskett, Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer, Triq Panoramika, Triq San Pawl tal-Pitkali, Triq ir-Rabat, Triq ta' Sabbat, Triq Misrah Suffara, Triq il-Maddalena, Triq it-Turretta, Triq l-Irdum, Triq San Gwann Bosco.