Triq D' Argens, Gzira: planning intelligence
45 applications on record: 32 granted, 0 refused, 3 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 5 floors. 64 residential units granted. 9 new in the last 12 months.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map GT2): 4 Floors, an overall height of 19.90 m (20.80 m with a basement, 22.00 m with a semi-basement) under the PA's interpretation of height limitation.
Policy zones along the street: Residential Area NHHO01.
The 2006 local plan limit here is 4 floors; granted buildings are typically 5 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 Area NHHO01.
Height precedents
- PA/01136/25 Gzira: To demolish existing maisonettes, retaining the facade and construction of 8 residential units from ground floor to sixth floor level.
- PA/01137/25 Gzira: To demolish existing maisonettes, retaining the facade and construction of 1 maisonette and 7 residential units from ground floor to sixth floor level.
- PA/05030/25 Gzira: Demolition of existing building (facade and first floor slab to be retained) and construction of a Class 3A guest house (6 floors, 1 setback floor, 12 rooms).
What the planning files say
Pending now
- PA/04866/26 Gzira: Proposed alterations to existing block of apartments and extension above to form two additional residential units. Proposal also include the construction of a l
- PA/04335/26 Gzira: Proposed restoration and rehabilitation of the scheduled WSC Gzira pumping station building which is to retain its use of a pumping station and a proposed chang
- PA/00503/26 Gzira: Demolition of existing townhouse and construction of a block of apartments consisting of five apartments and one penthouse at receded level.
Latest applications on Triq D' Argens
- PA/05281/26 Gzira: To update use of rooms to an existing pre-1968 dwelling and installation of solar panels at services level.
- PA/04866/26 Gzira: Proposed alterations to existing block of apartments and extension above to form two additional residential units. Proposal also include the construction of a l
- PA/04335/26 Gzira: Proposed restoration and rehabilitation of the scheduled WSC Gzira pumping station building which is to retain its use of a pumping station and a proposed chang
- PA/02823/26 Gzira: Change of use from Class 4A office to laundromat (washing/cleaning of clothes).
- PA/01244/26 Gzira: Sanctioning of as built Class 4D from approved PA/07588/21.
- PA/00503/26 Gzira: Demolition of existing townhouse and construction of a block of apartments consisting of five apartments and one penthouse at receded level.
- PA/08184/25 Gzira: To propose change of use from Class 4A to Class 4B retail shop.
- PA/07670/25 Gzira: To sanction construction of boundary wall around pre-1968 front terrace.
- PA/07336/25 Gzira: To sanction minor internal and external alterations, including the shifting of walls and apertures. The proposal also includes a change of use from Class 4A off
- PA/05030/25 Gzira: Demolition of existing building (facade and first floor slab to be retained) and construction of a Class 3A guest house (6 floors, 1 setback floor, 12 rooms).
- PA/04479/25 Gzira: Proposed restoration and rehabilitation of existing scheduled Gzira Pumping Station, regeneration of the surroundings into a public garden, to include the const
- PA/03905/25 Gzira: To demolish part of the existing maisonette and to construct 8 apartments and 1 penthouse, and to change the use from existing store to Class 4A office, and to
- PA/03272/25 Gzira: Proposal to fix retractable awning and add design to the facade, and to sanction louvered cabinets in front garden and a smaller sign from those approved in PA/
- PA/02932/25 Gzira: To sanction correction of site configuration following survey, over site covered by PA/1981/16.
- PA/02197/25 Gzira: To sanction the subdivision of a second-floor apartment into two apartments (1: one-bedroom; 1: two-bedroom) and proposed internal alterations to the approved c
- PA/01137/25 Gzira: To demolish existing maisonettes, retaining the facade and construction of 1 maisonette and 7 residential units from ground floor to sixth floor level.
- PA/01136/25 Gzira: To demolish existing maisonettes, retaining the facade and construction of 8 residential units from ground floor to sixth floor level.
- PA/01019/25 Gzira: To sanction apartment as built from PA/04382/04.
- PA/08507/24 Gzira: To demolish slab over first floor of an existing residential unit and to re construct at a lower level, including minor internal alterations and construction of
- PA/08499/24 Gzira: Change of use from Class 4A (office) to Class 4B (convenience shop) incl. butcher, formation of new access, minor internal alterations and installation of signa
- PA/07393/24 Gzira: Renewal of PA/07336/19 - Construction of an extension at fourth floor level and construction of an overlying receded penthouse.
- PA/06804/24 Gzira: Proposed alterations at ground and first floor, demolition of rooms at second floor, and construction of full second, third, and fourth floor levels, and recede
- PA/03660/24 Gzira: To construct 5no apartments at first, second, third, fourth and receded floor levels with a different layout from that approved in PA/727/23. Application includ
- PA/02084/24 Gzira: Change of use from gang room to a substation and internal and external alterations including the enlargement of the external door.
- PA/01705/24 Gzira: Proposed internal alterations to install a lift shaft and extension at level 4 and level 5 to create two apartments.
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