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Sqaq Bursett, Zabbar: planning intelligence

4 applications on record: 3 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 2 floors. 20 residential units granted. 1 new in the last 12 months.

What the local plan allows

Official height limit (2006 local plan, map ZA4): 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 along 54% of the street; elsewhere along it 3 Floors plus basement-Subject to Policy SMCO01,.

Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas-SMHO 02 (62%); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (38%).

The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus semi-basement; granted buildings are typically 2 floors.

Along the street the policy map shows Residential Areas-SMHO 02 (62% of the frontage); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (38% of the frontage).

Height precedents

  • PA/01581/23 Zabbar: To sanction differences from approved plans and elevations in PB/3460/87. Correction of site following site survey. Alterations within existing dwelling to crea Granted, validated 22 March 2023, 2 floors plus a receded floor, decided 12 April 2024
  • PA/04005/23 Zabbar: To demolish existing dilapidated structure, to excavate oversite and to construct basement garages and 19 overlying apartments. Granted, validated 5 July 2023, 1 floor, decided 8 March 2024

What the planning files say

No eapps planning files have been read for Sqaq Bursett yet.

Latest applications on Sqaq Bursett

  • PA/01742/26 Zabbar: To demolish existing structures and reconstruction of ground floor of 4 garages and 1 maisonette at ground floor level and overlying 11 residential units. Suspended, validated 18 March 2026, 3 floors
  • PA/07192/23 Zabbar: To sanction minor internal and external alterations including balcony which varies from the previously approved planning permit PA1593/07. Granted, validated 17 January 2024
  • PA/04005/23 Zabbar: To demolish existing dilapidated structure, to excavate oversite and to construct basement garages and 19 overlying apartments. Granted, validated 5 July 2023, 1 floor
  • PA/01581/23 Zabbar: To sanction differences from approved plans and elevations in PB/3460/87. Correction of site following site survey. Alterations within existing dwelling to crea Granted, validated 22 March 2023, 2 floors plus a receded floor

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