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title: "Triq San Gakmu, Luqa: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList"
url: https://propertylist.mt/area/luqa/triq-san-gakmu
source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register
retrieved: 2026-11-02
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> Triq San Gakmu, Luqa: 3 planning applications, 2 granted, official limit 3 floors plus semi-basement, typically 4 floors granted. Conditions, consultees and…

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# Triq San Gakmu, Luqa: planning intelligence

3 applications on record: 2 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending. Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 15 residential units granted. 1 new in the last 12 months.

## What the local plan allows

Official height limit (2006 local plan, map LU5): **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.

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).

## Height precedents

- [**PA/05238/25** Luqa](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05238-25/luqa-demolish-an-existing-structure-and-walls-on): To demolish an existing structure and walls on the adjacent vacant plot, to construct a block of 7 basement car garages, a domestic store, and an underground re Granted, validated 20 August 2025, 4 floors plus a receded floor, decided 26 May 2026

## What the planning files say

No eapps planning files have been read for Triq San Gakmu yet.

## Latest applications on Triq San Gakmu

- [**PA/07584/25** Luqa](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07584-25/luqa-internal-and-external-alterations-to-property-including): Proposed internal and external alterations to property including change to facade and internal layout. Granted, validated 13 January 2026
- [**PA/05238/25** Luqa](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05238-25/luqa-demolish-an-existing-structure-and-walls-on): To demolish an existing structure and walls on the adjacent vacant plot, to construct a block of 7 basement car garages, a domestic store, and an underground re Granted, validated 20 August 2025, 4 floors plus a receded floor
- [**PA/02852/22** Luqa](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02852-22/luqa-construct-basement-garages): To construct basement garages, two apartments at ground floor level, 3 apartments from first to third floor level respectively and 3 penthouses at receded floor Status being checked, 4 floors plus a receded floor

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