Triq Cassarino, San Pawl il-Bahar: planning intelligence
16 applications on record: 10 granted, 0 refused, 2 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 7 floors. 135 residential units granted. 3 new in the last 12 months.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map 42): 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 along 54% of the street; elsewhere along it 5 Floors.
Policy zones along the street: NWUS4 (53%); St.Paul's Bay Village/Bu gibb a/Qawra Residential Area NWUS 3 (47%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors; granted buildings are typically 7 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 NWUS4 (53% of the frontage); St.Paul's Bay Village/Bu gibb a/Qawra Residential Area NWUS 3 (47% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/00596/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To add two floors over an existing 5 story apartments comprising of 4 single bed apartments.
- PA/01739/24 San Pawl il-Bahar: To demolish existing building, excavate, and construct private car garage at basement level, 4 overlying apartments, penthouse at fourth floor and pool at roof
What the planning files say
Pending now
- PA/05134/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed rearrangement of spaces and overall layout design of approved PA1397/25, PA2900/25 and PA1396/25.
- PA/04663/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To sanction as built garage from approved PA1926/89.
Latest applications on Triq Cassarino
- PA/05134/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed rearrangement of spaces and overall layout design of approved PA1397/25, PA2900/25 and PA1396/25.
- PA/04663/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To sanction as built garage from approved PA1926/89.
- PA/00596/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To add two floors over an existing 5 story apartments comprising of 4 single bed apartments.
- PA/05487/25 San Pawl il-Bahar: Sanctioning as built over site covered by PB/04010/81. Structural alterations to existing first floor maisonette, demolition of overlying rooms and construction
- PA/02900/25 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed demolition of existing structures, excavation of three basement levels, construction of substation, 63 Garages, 11 Parking Spaces, 9 Maisonettes & 65 A
- PA/01396/25 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed excavation of empty plot on three levels and construction of three basement parking levels with overlying residential development consisting of (6) mai
- PA/01023/25 San Pawl il-Bahar: Change of use from domestic garage to a Class 4B (commercial outlet), which includes addition of internal walls, addition of external services enclosure and a n
- PA/07085/24 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed alterations to existing basement, ground floor and first floor level, changing the ground floor from a garage as approved by way of PA/06420/21 into a
- PA/03805/24 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed minor external alternations to existing facade including removal of grating and installation of railing on external top balcony.
- PA/02079/24 San Pawl il-Bahar: Change of use from private car garage to Class 4B shop and proposed sign.
- PA/01739/24 San Pawl il-Bahar: To demolish existing building, excavate, and construct private car garage at basement level, 4 overlying apartments, penthouse at fourth floor and pool at roof
- PA/02495/23 San Pawl il-Bahar: To make minor internal and external alterations to an existing terraced house including extensions to roofed area. To demolish and sanction part of the existing
- PA/02701/22 San Pawl il-Bahar: To sanction property as built, variations from approved PB4905/84. Proposed alterations on facade, construction of additional floor to form part of existing res
- PA/01232/22 San Pawl il-Bahar: To sanction property as built and to propose minor internal alteration to the built fabric including the introduction of an open plan and change in designation
- PA/00996/22 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed internal alterations and extension of garage at basement level with corresponding raising of backyard and backyard wall (facade not affected).
- PA/01436/21 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed demolition of existing fourth floor level, over which a further recessed floor was recently granted permission by way of PA/08507/19, and construction
Other streets in San Pawl il-Bahar: Triq San Pawl, Triq il-Qawra, Triq it-Turisti, Triq Burmarrad, Triq it-Tamar, Triq Piscopo Macedonia, Dawret il-Gzejjer, Triq il-Wardija, Triq Sant' Antnin, Triq it-Trunciera, Triq Sir Luigi Preziosi, Triq Parades.