Triq il-Harifa, Mosta: planning intelligence
5 applications on record: 4 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 4 residential units granted.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map MOM6): 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 (70%); Strategic Open Gaps CG25 (30%).
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 (70% of the frontage); Strategic Open Gaps CG25 (30% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/04696/23 Mosta: Sanctioning of internal height of existing third floor apartment. Internal and external changes to third-floor apartment approved by PA3371/08 to change it from
- PA/06858/23 Mosta: Demolition of existing roof structures. Sanctioning of configuration of site and common parts as built over PA/00863/96. Construction of three third floor apart
What the planning files say
Latest applications on Triq il-Harifa
- PA/04153/25 Mosta: Minor change by removing a wall and modifications to the balcony on the facade.
- PA/03294/24 Mosta: Construction of washrooms at roof level including internal amendments over site covered by PA/06858/23. Relocation of lift.
- PA/06858/23 Mosta: Demolition of existing roof structures. Sanctioning of configuration of site and common parts as built over PA/00863/96. Construction of three third floor apart
- PA/04696/23 Mosta: Sanctioning of internal height of existing third floor apartment. Internal and external changes to third-floor apartment approved by PA3371/08 to change it from
- PA/00744/22 Mosta: Proposed assembly of timber car porch at ground floor.
Other streets in Mosta: Triq il-Kostituzzjoni, Triq it-Torri, Triq il-Kbira, Triq il-Kungress Ewkaristiku, Triq il-Fortizza, Triq il-Bazilika, Triq l-Isperanza, Vjal l-Indipendenza, Triq Ponsonby, Triq il-Htajriet, Triq id-Difiza Civili, Triq Anglu Gatt.