Triq il-Kanonku Bonnici, Santa Venera: planning intelligence
3 applications on record: 3 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 18 residential units granted.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map SVM3): 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.
Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas CG07 (65%); School and Ecclesiastical Facilities (35%).
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 Residential Areas CG07 (65% of the frontage); School and Ecclesiastical Facilities (35% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/01580/23 Santa Venera: Proposed construction of 6 garages and 8 residential units, consisting of a maisonette on ground floor, 2 apartments at first floor, 2 apartments at second floo
- PA/04580/23 Santa Venera: Proposed demolition of existing 2-story terraced house and ground floor garages to erect 6 garages at basement level, and 8 overlying apartments, and 2 penthous
What the planning files say
Latest applications on Triq il-Kanonku Bonnici
- PA/02382/24 Santa Venera: To sanction from previous permit PB4447/91 due to shifting of walls, overall layout of property and difference in levels. Proposed alterations at 1st and 2nd fl
- PA/04580/23 Santa Venera: Proposed demolition of existing 2-story terraced house and ground floor garages to erect 6 garages at basement level, and 8 overlying apartments, and 2 penthous
- PA/01580/23 Santa Venera: Proposed construction of 6 garages and 8 residential units, consisting of a maisonette on ground floor, 2 apartments at first floor, 2 apartments at second floo
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