Triq ir-Rghajja, Rabat: planning intelligence
6 applications on record: 4 granted, 0 refused, 2 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 3 floors. 4 residential units granted. 3 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: Rabat Residential Area NWUS 3 (67%); Facilities (33%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors; granted buildings are typically 3 floors.
Along the street the policy map shows Rabat Residential Area NWUS 3 (67% of the frontage); Facilities (33% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/03611/26 Rabat: To demolish existing maisonette and construct 2 floors and a receded floor as 1 residential unit, including pool at roof level.
- PA/02831/23 Rabat: Proposal seeks to convert the current maisonette into two apartments- two bedroom apartment at first floor and three bedroom duplex at second and recessed floor
- PA/01690/26 Rabat: Remove one floor from the approved permit PA2831/23, turning the development into one unit, rather than two. Proposed internal alterations.
What the planning files say
Pending now
- PA/03629/26 Rabat: Proposed internal and external alteration to approved Virtu Heights building (part related to Class 3B Verdala Wellness Hotel). Alterations include the removal
- PA/06744/25 Rabat: Demolition of 2 existing maisonettes, excavation and construction of reservoir beneath ramp as well as construction of 1 terraced house on ground, first, second
Latest applications on Triq ir-Rghajja
- PA/03629/26 Rabat: Proposed internal and external alteration to approved Virtu Heights building (part related to Class 3B Verdala Wellness Hotel). Alterations include the removal
- PA/03611/26 Rabat: To demolish existing maisonette and construct 2 floors and a receded floor as 1 residential unit, including pool at roof level.
- PA/01690/26 Rabat: Remove one floor from the approved permit PA2831/23, turning the development into one unit, rather than two. Proposed internal alterations.
- PA/06744/25 Rabat: Demolition of 2 existing maisonettes, excavation and construction of reservoir beneath ramp as well as construction of 1 terraced house on ground, first, second
- PA/00076/24 Rabat: Proposed change of use of three in number serviced apartments overlying each other and functioning as annex to hotel to three Class 1 independent residential ap
- PA/02831/23 Rabat: Proposal seeks to convert the current maisonette into two apartments- two bedroom apartment at first floor and three bedroom duplex at second and recessed floor
Other streets in Rabat: Triq Santa Katerina, Triq Bir ir-Riebu, Vjal il-Haddiem, Triq Gorg Borg Olivier, Triq San Pawl, Triq il-Kullegg, Triq Godwin Ganado, Triq il-Kbira, Triq Doni, Triq Pierre Muscat, Triq San Piju V, Triq Had-Dingli.