PA/00363/24: sanction removal of part-of fill from old in Mqabba
Ex-quarry, Tax-Xaghri L-Imqalleb, Mqabba
To sanction removal of part-of fill from old quarry (the latter to be mostly used as recycled stone for the construction of rubble walls) and formation of underground link between old quarry and existing plant approved by PA5849/09. Application proposes the removal of the remaining fill / rock (to be used as recycled stone for rubble walls and blocks), placing of mobile crusher to recycle general excavation clean-waste and refilling of old quarry with excess unrecyclable material over an estimated period of 20 years. Application also includes the placing of top-soil once quarry is backfilled, reconstruction of existing rubble boundary-walls and sanctioning of gate.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Ex-quarry, Tax-Xaghri L-Imqalleb, Mqabba
- Locality
- Mqabba
- Applicant
- Andre Zahra
- Perit
- Perit Henry Attard
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Outside Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 1 August 2023
- Validated
- 17 June 2026
- Published
- 17 June 2026
- Comments close
- 17 July 2026
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 22 October 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Ex-quarry, Tax-Xaghri L-Imqalleb, Mqabba
9 other applications within 300 m: 6 granted, 1 refused, 2 pending. 86% of decided applications nearby were granted.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 92% (likely range 62–100%, low reliability, from 4 comparable decisions nearby). Outside the development zone, where approvals are harder. Indicative only. It's based on decisions for similar nearby applications, not on the drawings or the case officer's report; it gets better as documents are added from eapps.
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