Triq Karmenu Ciantar, Mqabba: planning intelligence

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 63% of the street; elsewhere along it 2 Floors.

Policy zones along the street: Area Prone to Flooding~SMPU01 (66%); Quarries~SMIA11, SMMW01 (34%).

The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus semi-basement; granted buildings are typically 3 floors.

Along the street the policy map shows Area Prone to Flooding~SMPU01 (66% of the frontage); Quarries~SMIA11, SMMW01 (34% of the frontage).

Height precedents

• PA/02091/25 Mqabba: Demolition of existing public convenience at ground-floor level and excavation of a basement level to relocate the public convenience, construction of a Class 2 Granted, validated 2 April 2025, 3 floors plus a receded floor, decided 10 September 2025

What the planning files say

No eapps planning files have been read for Triq Karmenu Ciantar yet.

Latest applications on Triq Karmenu Ciantar

• PA/04362/26 Mqabba: Proposed revised front elevation, minor adjustments to the internal layout with no change to approved uses, and the removal of lift shaft at the basement level. Granted, validated 6 August 2026
• PA/02091/25 Mqabba: Demolition of existing public convenience at ground-floor level and excavation of a basement level to relocate the public convenience, construction of a Class 2 Granted, validated 2 April 2025, 3 floors plus a receded floor
• PA/00714/22 Mqabba: Proposed sanctioning of changes from PA/04231/20 of; party walls at second floor, extension of back terrace at third floor, lowering of slab level at roof level Status being checked
• PA/02485/21 Mqabba: Proposed internal alterations and extension to an existing terrace house and subdivision of the house into a maisonette at ground floor level, two apartments at Status being checked, 3 floors