Triq il-Watar, Ta' Xbiex: planning intelligence
8 applications on record: 4 granted, 0 refused, 1 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 6 floors. 14 residential units granted. 3 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.
The 2006 local plan limit here is 4 floors; granted buildings are typically 6 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.
Height precedents
- PA/07449/23 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing terraced house and construction of garage at ground floor level and 4 overlying apartments and one duplex unit at fifth and receded floor
- PA/02349/26 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing building, excavation works and construction of underlying reservoir, and development of a residential block comprising a ground floor mai
What the planning files say
Pending now
- PA/05944/26 Ta' Xbiex: To demolish existing house, construction of street level garage, overlying 4 apartments and one duplex unit.
Latest applications on Triq il-Watar
- PA/05944/26 Ta' Xbiex: To demolish existing house, construction of street level garage, overlying 4 apartments and one duplex unit.
- PA/05392/26 Ta' Xbiex: Alterations to approved duplex unit at fifth and receded floor level covered by PA/07449/23. Alterations include internal and external changes to approved layou
- PA/03185/26 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing terraced house and construction of a hostel (Class 3A) comprising basement hostel facilities and breakfast area, ground floor restaurant
- PA/02349/26 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing building, excavation works and construction of underlying reservoir, and development of a residential block comprising a ground floor mai
- PA/03494/24 Ta' Xbiex: Converting a ground floor apartment to a maisonette by making internal/external alterations.
- PA/07449/23 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing terraced house and construction of garage at ground floor level and 4 overlying apartments and one duplex unit at fifth and receded floor
- PA/02470/22 Ta' Xbiex: Minor internal alterations, to close doorway and open new doorway to create en-suite bathroom, and to open doorway and erect light weight partitioning wall to e
- PA/03311/21 Ta' Xbiex: To demolish existing terraced house. To construct ground floor level garage, five overlying residential units and swimming pool at receded floor level.
Other streets in Ta' Xbiex: Triq ix-Xatt ta' Xbiex, Triq Testaferrata, Triq l-Abate Rigord, Triq Giuseppe Cali', Ix-Xatt Ta' Ta' Xbiex, Triq id-Deffa, Triq il-Halg, Triq l-Imradd, Triq Enrico Mizzi, Triq Sir Ugo Mifsud, Triq il-Principessa Margerita, Triq Antonio Nani.