PA/00624/26: change the use of a Lotto Office in Ta' Xbiex
Garage 23, Triq id-Deffa c/w, Triq l-Abate Rigord, Ta' Xbiex
To change the use of a Lotto Office to a Class 4B Shop, including the sanctioning of a sign, shopfront, and security shutter, and the relocation of the external air-conditioning unit.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Garage 23, Triq id-Deffa c/w, Triq l-Abate Rigord, Ta' Xbiex
- Locality
- Ta' Xbiex
- Applicant
- Giles Ciantar
- Perit
- Perit Etienne Magri
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Validated
- 4 February 2026
- Published
- 4 February 2026
- Comments close
- 6 March 2026
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 21 April 2026
- Permit expires
- 6 May 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Garage 23, Triq id-Deffa c/w, Triq l-Abate Rigord, Ta' Xbiex
150 other applications within 300 m: 94 granted, 1 refused, 17 pending. 99% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 10 floors (PA/07300/24).
On Triq id-Deffa: 5 other applications, 4 granted and 0 refused.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 24 comparable decisions nearby). 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.
- PA/03741/23 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed division of a 2 bedroom apartment into two separate 1 bedroom units.
- PA/03426/24 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing residence and construction of (1) maisonette, (4) aparments and (1) duplex penthouse.
- PA/05331/24 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed demolition of existing building and construction of a basement garage and 15 overlying residential dwellings.
- PA/06466/23 Ta' Xbiex: Proposal to include internal alterations and additional overlying floor from the approved permission in PA/10374/18.
- PA/07175/25 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing property, and construction of seven residence units.
- PA/01182/24 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a ground floor garage, 4 overlying apartments and a duplex unit.
- PA/04534/23 Ta' Xbiex: Demolition of existing terraced house and construction of 1 maisonette at ground floor level and 5 overlying apartments including a 3-bedroom duplex unit.
- PA/04759/26 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed changes to the development approved under PA/05331/24, consisting of the displacement of apertures, internal walls, lift shaft and revisions to the…
- PA/06531/24 Ta' Xbiex: Subdivision of approved PA/04534/23 duplex apartment into two apartments at levels (05) and (06).
- PA/04010/23 Ta' Xbiex: Change of use from approved massage parlour to Class 4B shop including greengrocer, mini-market, butcher, or fishmonger.
- PA/00261/24 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed minor alterations to approved PA/08454/21 and proposed demolition of existing neighboring property, excavation of one basement floor, construction of…
- PA/02616/21 Ta' Xbiex: Proposed change of use from approved (PA/06067/17) Class 4B (massage parlour) to Class 4C including internal alterations.
- PA/02501/24 Ta' Xbiex: To sanction first floor apartment as existing.
- PA/01000/22 Ta' Xbiex: To sanction area for gas cylinders and opening of window in elevation, installation of planters and shop sign to elevations and placing tables and chairs.
- PA/03246/23 Ta' Xbiex: To sanction minor variations on facade, proposed addition of parking spaces at basements, addition of new terraces at level 4 including the extension of a…
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