Triq il-Madonna tal-Gilju, Mqabba: planning intelligence
6 applications on record: 3 granted, 0 refused, 1 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 6 residential units granted. 3 new in the last 12 months.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map MA2): 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 along 85% of the street; elsewhere along it 2 Floors.
Policy zones along the street: Quarries~SMIA11, SMMW01 (41%); Sports Facilities~SMRE01 (31%); Area Prone to Flooding~SMPU01 (28%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus semi-basement; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, and some 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 Quarries~SMIA11, SMMW01 (41% of the frontage); Sports Facilities~SMRE01 (31% of the frontage); Area Prone to Flooding~SMPU01 (28% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/01801/26 Mqabba: Excavation and construction of 1 basement garage (5 parking spaces), ground floor maisonette, 3 apartments (first, second and third floor plans) and 1 receded a
- PA/00623/23 Mqabba: Proposed basement garage with overlying maisonette at elevated ground floor and a stairwell at first-floor level.
What the planning files say
Pending now
- PA/03474/26 Mqabba: Partial internal demotion of existing elevated maisonette and proposed construction of an additional x2 three bedroom units and a one bedroom penthouse at reced
Latest applications on Triq il-Madonna tal-Gilju
- PA/03474/26 Mqabba: Partial internal demotion of existing elevated maisonette and proposed construction of an additional x2 three bedroom units and a one bedroom penthouse at reced
- PA/01801/26 Mqabba: Excavation and construction of 1 basement garage (5 parking spaces), ground floor maisonette, 3 apartments (first, second and third floor plans) and 1 receded a
- PA/06612/25 Mqabba: Correction of site of PA5667/99, to sanction configuration of site and to sanction internal and external changes from approved permit PA5667/99 for a private ca
- PA/00623/23 Mqabba: Proposed basement garage with overlying maisonette at elevated ground floor and a stairwell at first-floor level.
- PA/02077/22 Mqabba: Proposed internal alterations and extension to first floor unit, demolition of washroom above, construction of additional three units and formation of common ar
- PA/00865/21 Mqabba: Demolition of existing washroom, alterations to existing first floor maisonette, construction of new common area including new lift, and construction of 5 addit
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