--- title: "Triq il-Qaqocc, Zabbar: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList" url: https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-il-qaqocc source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register retrieved: 2026-11-02 --- > Triq il-Qaqocc, Zabbar: 7 planning applications, 100% granted, official limit 3 floors plus basement-subject to policy smco01,, typically 4 floors granted.… Planning applications › Area intelligence › Zabbar › Triq il-Qaqocc # Triq il-Qaqocc, Zabbar: planning intelligence 7 applications on record: 5 granted, 0 refused, 1 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 4 floors. 25 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 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 66% of the street; elsewhere along it 3 Floors plus semi-basement. Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas-SMHO 02 (75%); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (20%); Category 1 Settlements SMSE 05, SMSE 06 (4%). 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 (75% of the frontage); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (20% of the frontage); Category 1 Settlements SMSE 05, SMSE 06 (4% of the frontage). ## Height precedents - [**PA/06241/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06241-25/zabbar-demolition-of-second-floor-structures-and-minor): Proposed demolition of second floor structures and minor internal alterations at first floor level to create lift shaft and staircase. Proposed conversion of ex Granted, validated 29 October 2025, 4 floors plus a receded floor - [**PA/05028/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05028-25/zabbar-sanction-existing-plans-from-approved-permit-pa-1766-16): To sanction existing plans from approved permit PA/1766/16.To propose the addition of another 2 floors and a washroom. Granted, validated 15 October 2025, 2 floors, decided 15 June 2026 ## What the planning files say No eapps planning files have been read for Triq il-Qaqocc yet. ## Pending now - [**PA/05741/26** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05741-26/zabbar-demolition-of-existing-maisonettes): Proposed demolition of existing maisonettes, excavation of basement level for residential garages and construction of one (1) maisonette at ground floor, six (6 Pending, validated 21 October 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor ## Latest applications on Triq il-Qaqocc - [**PA/05741/26** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05741-26/zabbar-demolition-of-existing-maisonettes): Proposed demolition of existing maisonettes, excavation of basement level for residential garages and construction of one (1) maisonette at ground floor, six (6 Pending, validated 21 October 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor - [**PA/06241/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06241-25/zabbar-demolition-of-second-floor-structures-and-minor): Proposed demolition of second floor structures and minor internal alterations at first floor level to create lift shaft and staircase. Proposed conversion of ex Granted, validated 29 October 2025, 4 floors plus a receded floor - [**PA/05028/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05028-25/zabbar-sanction-existing-plans-from-approved-permit-pa-1766-16): To sanction existing plans from approved permit PA/1766/16.To propose the addition of another 2 floors and a washroom. Granted, validated 15 October 2025, 2 floors - [**PA/03113/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03113-25/zabbar-excavation-of-two-existing-vacant-plots-and): Proposed excavation of two existing vacant plots and construction of basement garages and overlying 2 maisonettes, 13 apartments and 2 penthouses. The proposal Granted, validated 21 May 2025 - [**PA/05772/24** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05772-24/zabbar-sanction-as-built): To sanction as built (no permits were traced) and propose minor internal and external alterations to ground and first floor levels including common staircase an Granted, validated 28 August 2024 - [**PA/05536/24** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05536-24/zabbar-sanctioning-of-property-as-built-from-previously): Sanctioning of property as built from previously approved PB/05096/88, inclusive of minor internal alterations together with proposed construction at roof level Granted, validated 28 August 2024 - [**PA/01733/21** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01733-21/zabbar-sanctioning-of-minor-internal-alterations-to-approved): Sanctioning of minor internal alterations to approved PA854/19 and splitting of penthouse into 2 separate penthouses Status being checked Other streets in Zabbar: [Triq is-Santwarju](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-is-santwarju), [Triq Villabate](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-villabate), [Triq San Leonardu](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-san-leonardu), [Triq il-Kappuccini](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-il-kappuccini), [Triq Wied il-Ghajn](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-wied-il-ghajn), [Triq ix-Xghajra](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-ix-xghajra), [Triq Bajada](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-bajada), [Triq il-Kbira](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-il-kbira), [Triq Lia](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-lia), [Triq San Guzepp](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-san-guzepp), [Triq Alessio Erardi](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-alessio-erardi), [Triq il-Kunvent](https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-il-kunvent).