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title: "Triq id-Deffa, Ta' Xbiex: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList"
url: https://propertylist.mt/area/ta-xbiex/triq-id-deffa
source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register
retrieved: 2026-11-02
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> Triq id-Deffa, Ta' Xbiex: 6 planning applications, 100% granted, official limit 4 floors. Conditions, consultees and precedents from the planning files.

Planning applications › Area intelligence › Ta' Xbiex › Triq id-Deffa

# Triq id-Deffa, Ta' Xbiex: planning intelligence

6 applications on record: 5 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). 15 residential units granted. 2 new in the last 12 months.

## What the local plan allows

Official height limit (2006 local plan, map GT2): **4 Floors**, an overall height of 19.90 m (20.80 m with a basement, 22.00 m with a semi-basement) under the PA's interpretation of height limitation.

Policy zones along the street: Residential Area NHHO01.

Along the street the policy map shows Residential Area NHHO01.

## What the planning files say

No eapps planning files have been read for Triq id-Deffa yet.

## Latest applications on Triq id-Deffa

- [**PA/00624/26** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-00624-26/ta-xbiex-change-the-use-of-a-lotto-office): To change the use of a Lotto Office to a Class 4B Shop, including the sanctioning of a sign, shopfront, and security shutter, and the relocation of the external Granted, validated 4 February 2026
- [**PA/07175/25** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07175-25/ta-xbiex-demolition-of-existing-property): Demolition of existing property, and construction of seven residence units. Granted, validated 28 November 2025
- [**PA/03426/24** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03426-24/ta-xbiex-demolition-of-existing-residence-and-construction-of): Demolition of existing residence and construction of (1) maisonette, (4) aparments and (1) duplex penthouse. Granted, validated 12 June 2024
- [**PA/04010/23** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04010-23/ta-xbiex-change-of-use-from-approved-massage-parlour): Change of use from approved massage parlour to Class 4B shop including greengrocer, mini-market, butcher, or fishmonger. Granted, validated 8 November 2023
- [**PA/03741/23** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03741-23/ta-xbiex-division-of-a-2-bedroom-apartment-into): Proposed division of a 2 bedroom apartment into two separate 1 bedroom units. Granted, validated 21 June 2023
- [**PA/02616/21** Ta' Xbiex](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02616-21/ta-xbiex-change-of-use-from-approved): Proposed change of use from approved (PA/06067/17) Class 4B (massage parlour) to Class 4C including internal alterations. Status being checked

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