Triq Espeditu Catania, Zabbar: planning intelligence
5 applications on record: 4 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 14 residential units granted.
What the local plan allows
Official height limit (2006 local plan, map ZA4): 3 Floors plus basement-Subject to Policy SMCO01,, 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 49% of the street; elsewhere along it 3 Floors plus semi-basement.
Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas-SMHO 02 (78%); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (22%).
The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus basement-subject to policy smco01,; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, and some 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 Areas-SMHO 02 (78% of the frontage); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (22% of the frontage).
Height precedents
- PA/02226/24 Zabbar: Sanctioning of third-floor apartment from PA/0970/06, proposed internal and external alterations to third-floor level, the addition of receded floor level, sanc
- PA/08315/24 Zabbar: To demolish exiting terraced houses, formation of basement garages, construction of two maisonettes, nine apartments and two penthouses.
What the planning files say
Latest applications on Triq Espeditu Catania
- PA/08315/24 Zabbar: To demolish exiting terraced houses, formation of basement garages, construction of two maisonettes, nine apartments and two penthouses.
- PA/02867/24 Zabbar: To sanction minor differences from PA6917/06.
- PA/02226/24 Zabbar: Sanctioning of third-floor apartment from PA/0970/06, proposed internal and external alterations to third-floor level, the addition of receded floor level, sanc
- PA/01359/23 Zabbar: To sanction property as built in lieu of PB5056/89. To also extend first floor, construct an overlying washroom, create a private car garage and carry minor int
- PA/00102/22 Zabbar: Proposed excavation of site, construction of 21 basement garages, 4 maisonettes at ground floor level, overlying 15 apartments and 3 penthouses at penthouse lev
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