--- title: "Triq il-Knisja, Sliema: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList" url: https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-il-knisja source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register retrieved: 2026-11-02 --- > Triq il-Knisja, Sliema: 4 planning applications, 75% granted, official limit 2 floors, typically 3 floors granted. Conditions, consultees and precedents… Planning applications › Area intelligence › Sliema › Triq il-Knisja # Triq il-Knisja, Sliema: planning intelligence 4 applications on record: 3 granted, 1 refused, 0 pending (75% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 3 floors. 2 residential units granted. 1 new in the last 12 months. ## What the local plan allows Official height limit (2006 local plan, map SJ3): **2 Floors**, an overall height of 11.40 m (12.30 m with a basement, 13.50 m with a semi-basement) under the PA's interpretation of height limitation along 92% of the street. Policy zones along the street: Residential Area NHHO01; Category B (61%); Category C (39%). The 2006 local plan limit here is 2 floors; granted buildings are typically 3 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 Residential Area NHHO01; Category B (61% of the frontage); Category C (39% of the frontage). ## Height precedents - [**PA/01336/23** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01336-23/sliema-demolition-of-existing-dwellings): Demolition of existing dwellings. Construction of feast decorations store at ground floor and community hall at first floor. Proposed Class 4A offices for the o Granted, validated 8 March 2023, 3 floors plus a receded floor, decided 1 November 2023 ## What the planning files say No eapps planning files have been read for Triq il-Knisja yet. ## Refused here - [**PA/01981/23** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01981-23/sliema-sanctioning-minor-changes-in-use-of-rooms): Sanctioning minor changes in use of rooms as built from permit PA/03202/20. Refused, validated 5 April 2023 ## Latest applications on Triq il-Knisja - [**PA/07416/25** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07416-25/sliema-internal-alterations-to-existing-town-house): Internal alterations to existing town house, additions of a washroom at second floor level and changes to facade materials. Granted, validated 19 November 2025 - [**PA/03921/24** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03921-24/sliema-sanctioning-of-internal-alterations-and-extension-to): Sanctioning of internal alterations and extension to dwelling. Granted, validated 25 September 2024 - [**PA/01981/23** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01981-23/sliema-sanctioning-minor-changes-in-use-of-rooms): Sanctioning minor changes in use of rooms as built from permit PA/03202/20. Refused, validated 5 April 2023 - [**PA/01336/23** Sliema](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01336-23/sliema-demolition-of-existing-dwellings): Demolition of existing dwellings. Construction of feast decorations store at ground floor and community hall at first floor. Proposed Class 4A offices for the o Granted, validated 8 March 2023, 3 floors plus a receded floor Other streets in Sliema: [Triq it-Torri](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-it-torri), [Triq Manwel Dimech](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-manwel-dimech), [Triq Rodolfu](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-rodolfu), [Triq il-Kbira](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-il-kbira), [ix-Xatt ta' Tigne'](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/ix-xatt-ta-tigne), [Triq Sant' Elena](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-sant-elena), [Triq Gafar](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-gafar), [Triq Viani](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-viani), [Triq il-Kullegg l-Antik](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-il-kullegg-l-antik), [Triq Bisazza](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-bisazza), [Triq Tigne'](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-tigne), [Triq Depiro](https://propertylist.mt/area/sliema/triq-depiro).