Triq il-Qatta, Swieqi: planning intelligence
3 applications on record: 2 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending. Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 4 residential units granted. 1 new in the last 12 months.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map SW4): 3 Floors with 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 along 81% of the street; elsewhere along it 2 Floors with semi-basement.
Policy zones along the street: Residential Priority Area NHHO02 (Detached&Semi-Detached Dwellings according to table SW(b)) Residential Priority Area NHHO02 (Terraced Houses, Maison et tes&Flats) (53%); Public Open Space NHRL01 (47%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors with semi-basement; 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 Residential Priority Area NHHO02 (Detached&Semi-Detached Dwellings according to table SW(b)) Residential Priority Area NHHO02 (Terraced Houses, Maison et tes&Flats) (53% of the frontage); Public Open Space NHRL01 (47% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/02262/23 Swieqi: To sanction alterations to approved second floor layout (cover by PA/6042/04), To carry out alterations at the same level so as to create 2 residential unit (pr
What the planning files say
Latest applications on Triq il-Qatta
- PA/05601/26 Swieqi: To sanction minor layout alterations to an approved ground floor apartment (covered by PA/103/09), as well as to carry out installation of aluminum railing/pane
- PA/02262/23 Swieqi: To sanction alterations to approved second floor layout (cover by PA/6042/04), To carry out alterations at the same level so as to create 2 residential unit (pr
- PA/02725/22 Swieqi: Sanctioning of the front garden wall, cladding material, and minor alterations to the façade detailing.
Other streets in Swieqi: Triq il-Qasam, Triq is-Swieqi, Triq tal-Ibrag, Triq Sant' Andrija, Triq il-Madliena, Triq is-Sidra, Triq il-Hemel, Triq it-Tiben, Triq il-Gizimin, Triq il-Molletta, Triq is-Sirk, Triq il-Keffa.