--- title: "Triq il-Gargir, Rabat: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList" url: https://propertylist.mt/area/rabat/triq-il-gargir source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register retrieved: 2026-11-02 --- > Triq il-Gargir, Rabat: 10 planning applications, 71% granted, official limit 3 floors, typically 4 floors granted. Conditions, consultees and precedents… Planning applications › Area intelligence › Rabat › Triq il-Gargir # Triq il-Gargir, Rabat: planning intelligence 10 applications on record: 5 granted, 2 refused, 1 pending (71% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 18 residential units granted. 2 new in the last 12 months. ## What the local plan allows Official height limit (2006 local plan, map 64): **3 Floors**, 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: Facilities (73%); Open Space Gaps between Settlements (27%). The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors; 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 Facilities (73% of the frontage); Open Space Gaps between Settlements (27% of the frontage). ## Height precedents - [**PA/02185/23** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02185-23/rabat-construction-of-basement-garages): Proposed construction of basement garages, 4 maisonettes at ground floor level, 12 apartments at first, second and third floor level plus 2 overlying penthouses Granted, validated 19 April 2023, 4 floors plus a receded floor, decided 27 November 2024 ## What the planning files say No eapps planning files have been read for Triq il-Gargir yet. ## Refused here - [**PA/04291/24** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04291-24/rabat-minor-internal-and-external-alterations-to-maisonettes): Minor internal and external alterations to maisonettes 2 and 4 approved in PA3873/19. Change of use of maisonettes no. 2 and 4 to two separate Class 4B retail o Refused, validated 28 August 2024 - [**PA/03320/23** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03320-23/rabat-change-the-use-from-field-into-a): To change the use from field into a yard to park agricultural machinery and vehicles, construction of a Class 4A office, sorting and packing area, hard landscap Refused, validated 6 June 2023 ## Pending now - [**PA/03913/26** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03913-26/rabat-propose-modifications-to-internal-layouts-as-approved): To propose modifications to internal layouts as approved in PA 3873/19 at ground floor level. To propose internal and external alterations at ground and first f Pending, validated 5 August 2026 ## Latest applications on Triq il-Gargir - [**PA/03913/26** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03913-26/rabat-propose-modifications-to-internal-layouts-as-approved): To propose modifications to internal layouts as approved in PA 3873/19 at ground floor level. To propose internal and external alterations at ground and first f Pending, validated 5 August 2026 - [**PA/03896/26** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03896-26/rabat-change-use-of-stables-approved-in-pa-04353-19): To change use of stables approved in PA/04353/19 to agricultural stores, including external and internal alterations, and correction of site measurements follow Suspended, validated 10 June 2026 - [**PA/03213/25** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03213-25/rabat-sanctioning-of-minor-internal-and-external-alterations): Sanctioning of minor internal and external alterations as-built from PA/8675/17. Granted, validated 10 June 2025 - [**PA/01443/25** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01443-25/rabat-sanction-internal-variations-to-the-layout-of): To sanction internal variations to the layout of the garages from that approved in PA3873/19 (basement -1, 11 x 1 car garage, 7 x 2 car garage, 1 x 3 car garage Granted, validated 12 March 2025 - [**PA/06851/24** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06851-24/rabat-carry-out-minor-internal-alterations-to-existing): To carry out minor internal alterations to existing apartment No 8 approved with PA/02510/23. Granted, validated 15 November 2024 - [**PA/04291/24** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04291-24/rabat-minor-internal-and-external-alterations-to-maisonettes): Minor internal and external alterations to maisonettes 2 and 4 approved in PA3873/19. Change of use of maisonettes no. 2 and 4 to two separate Class 4B retail o Refused, validated 28 August 2024 - [**PA/03320/23** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03320-23/rabat-change-the-use-from-field-into-a): To change the use from field into a yard to park agricultural machinery and vehicles, construction of a Class 4A office, sorting and packing area, hard landscap Refused, validated 6 June 2023 - [**PA/02510/23** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02510-23/rabat-sanction-change-in-site-configuration-and-internal): To sanction change in site configuration and internal alterations to plans approved with PA1956/20. Granted, validated 13 June 2023 - [**PA/02185/23** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02185-23/rabat-construction-of-basement-garages): Proposed construction of basement garages, 4 maisonettes at ground floor level, 12 apartments at first, second and third floor level plus 2 overlying penthouses Granted, validated 19 April 2023, 4 floors plus a receded floor - [**PA/01862/21** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01862-21/rabat-changes-to-a-licensed-cow-farm-consisting): Proposed changes to a licensed cow farm consisting mainly of the elongation of the existing cow shed and other ancillary changes. 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