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title: "Triq Strickland, Zabbar: planning applications, height limit and decisions | PropertyList"
url: https://propertylist.mt/area/zabbar/triq-strickland
source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register
retrieved: 2026-11-03
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> Triq Strickland, Zabbar: 3 planning applications, 100% granted, official limit 3 floors plus basement-subject to policy smco01,, typically 8 floors granted.…

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# Triq Strickland, Zabbar: planning intelligence

3 applications on record: 3 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending (100% of decided granted). Granted buildings are typically 8 floors. 10 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 76% of the street.

Policy zones along the street: Residential Areas-SMHO 02 (75%); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (25%).

The 2006 local plan limit here is 3 floors plus basement-subject to policy smco01,; granted buildings are typically 8 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 Areas-SMHO 02 (75% of the frontage); Residential Amenity Improvement Action Areas-SMHO 01 (25% of the frontage).

## Height precedents

- [**PA/00167/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-00167-25/zabbar-demolition-of-existing-terraced-house): Demolition of existing terraced house, excavation and construction of one basement floor for garages, erection of a maisonette and eight overlying apartments, t Granted, validated 22 January 2025, 8 floors plus a receded floor, decided 1 July 2025

## What the planning files say

No eapps planning files have been read for Triq Strickland yet.

## Latest applications on Triq Strickland

- [**PA/00167/25** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-00167-25/zabbar-demolition-of-existing-terraced-house): Demolition of existing terraced house, excavation and construction of one basement floor for garages, erection of a maisonette and eight overlying apartments, t Granted, validated 22 January 2025, 8 floors plus a receded floor
- [**PA/03616/24** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-03616-24/zabbar-sanction-variations-from-pa-3387-95): To sanction variations from PA/3387/95. Granted, validated 29 August 2024
- [**PA/04539/23** Zabbar](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04539-23/zabbar-internal-alterations-of-pre-1967-dwelling-with-pool): Internal alterations of pre-1967 dwelling with pool and restoration of facades as per GS/00590/23. Granted, validated 26 July 2023

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