--- title: "PA/00708/24: Change of use from domestic garage to in Fgura | PropertyList" url: https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-00708-24/fgura-change-of-use-from-domestic-garage-to source: PropertyList (propertylist.mt), from the Malta Planning Authority's public register retrieved: 2026-11-03 --- > Refused planning application in Fgura: Change of use from domestic garage to a studio maisonette. Perit MASStudio. Validated 14 February 2024. Planning applications › Fgura › PA0070824 # PA/00708/24: Change of use from domestic garage to in Fgura 142, Triq il-Koppla, Fgura Change of use from domestic garage to a studio maisonette. - **Status:** Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT) - **Location:** 142, Triq il-Koppla, Fgura - **Locality:** [Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/planning-applications/fgura) - **Applicant:** Ian Formosa - **Perit:** [MASStudio](https://propertylist.mt/perit/masstudio) - **Application type:** Full development permission - **Zone:** Within Development Zone - **Type of works:** Change of Use - **Residential units:** 1 - **Received:** 23 January 2024 - **Validated:** 14 February 2024 - **Published:** 14 February 2024 - **Comments close:** 15 March 2024 - **Recommendation:** Refuse Permission - **Decision:** Refuse Permission - **Decision date:** 9 October 2024 [Case details on the Planning Authority website](https://www.pa.org.mt/pacasedetails?CaseType=PA/00708/24) [Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps](https://eapps.pa.org.mt/Case/CaseDetails?caseType=PA&casenumber=00708&caseYear=24) ## Planning activity around 142, Triq il-Koppla, Fgura 223 other applications within 300 m: 147 granted, 6 refused, 25 pending. 96% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 6 floors (PA/05637/24). On Triq il-Koppla: 12 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 3. Periti active on this street: [Robert Borg Hayman](https://propertylist.mt/perit/robert-borg-hayman). Approval estimate for change of use applications like this here: about 93% (likely range 63–100%, low reliability, from 13 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/02832/21** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02832-21/fgura-facade-and-internal-alterations-consisting-of-construction): Facade and internal alterations consisting of construction of balcony at first floor level kitchen/dining/living area, removal of arched doorway in kitchen,… Status being checked, 18 m away - [**PA/05215/25** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05215-25/fgura-demolish-existing-terraced-house-and-excavation-of): To demolish existing terraced house and excavation of basement and construction of basement garages, 1 maisonette, 6 apartments and 2 penthouses. Granted, validated 6 August 2025, 43 m away - [**PA/02430/21** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02430-21/fgura-demolish-existing-terraced-house): To demolish existing terraced house, excavate and construct, 7 parking spaces at basement -2, 6 parking spaces at basement level -1, car lift, 2 maisonettes… Status being checked, 4 floors plus a receded floor, 47 m away - [**PA/02153/24** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02153-24/fgura-sanctioning-of-property-as-existing-and-proposed): Sanctioning of property as existing and proposed construction of an additional floor at third floor and a receded floor at roof level. Proposed residential… Granted, validated 25 June 2024, 4 floors plus a receded floor, 53 m away - [**PA/06004/25** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06004-25/fgura-alterations-to-approved-permit-pa-02153-24-including-changes): Proposed alterations to approved permit PA/02153/24 including changes to internal wall layouts, addition of a garage at ground floor level and alterations to… Granted, validated 7 October 2025, 55 m away - [**PA/00606/25** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-00606-25/fgura-sanction-changes-from-approved-permit-pa-06105-20): To sanction changes from approved permit PA/06105/20. Granted, validated 5 February 2025, 58 m away - [**PA/07683/24** Tarxien](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07683-24/tarxien-propose-retractable-awning): To propose retractable awning, aluminum cabinets in front garden, platform lift and increase height to front garden boundary wall to approved supermarket… Pending, validated 13 November 2024, 61 m away - [**PA/04165/23** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04165-23/fgura-change-of-use-from-class-4b-as): Proposed change of use from Class 4B as approved in PA10027/18 to Class 4B (grocer/greengrocer). Granted, validated 12 July 2023, 65 m away - [**PA/05701/23** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-05701-23/fgura-sanctioning-of-internal-and-external-differences-in): Sanctioning of internal and external differences in a residential dwelling as built, from the approved permit PA1176/92. The project includes also the… Granted, validated 11 October 2023, 71 m away - [**PA/01861/24** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01861-24/fgura-propose-new-signage-on-existing-facade): To propose new signage on existing facade. Granted, validated 28 May 2024, 72 m away - [**PA/04651/24** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-04651-24/fgura-sanction-the-property): To sanction the property (as approved by PAPB/00958/70) as built. The property's original permit's file included the development permit and site plan but was… Granted, validated 8 August 2024, 73 m away - [**PA/07690/25** Tarxien](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07690-25/tarxien-sanctions-variations-as-built-from-previously-approved): To sanctions variations as built from previously approved PA/05389/95. Granted, validated 15 December 2025, 75 m away - [**PA/01767/25** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01767-25/fgura-minor-internal-and-external-alterations): Proposed minor internal and external alterations. The proposal includes the replacement of a roof and the construction of a washroom. Granted, validated 9 April 2025, 76 m away - [**PA/01320/23** Tarxien](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-01320-23/tarxien-internal-alterations-that-include-widening-of-opening): Proposed internal alterations that include widening of opening and removal of arch. Granted, validated 2 May 2023, 82 m away - [**PA/02921/26** Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-02921-26/fgura-change-of-use-from-private-car-garage): Change of use from private car garage to public service garage. Granted, validated 6 May 2026, 83 m away ## More by MASStudio - [**PA/07770/26** Swieqi](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07770-26/swieqi-sanctioning-of-differences-from-approved-pa-02840-92): Sanctioning of differences from approved PA/02840/92, in Garage No 5. Pending - [**PA/07724/26** Balzan](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07724-26/balzan-change-of-use-of-a-pre-1967-domestic): Change of use of a pre-1967 domestic garage to a studio maisonette. Pending - [**PA/07658/26** St Julians](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-07658-26/st-julians-change-of-use-from-approved-30-rooms): Proposed change of use from approved 30 rooms Class 3A guesthouse (PA/02543/25) to 39 rooms Class 3B 3-star hotel while keeping the same approved volume and… Pending - [**PA/06521/26** Santa Venera](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06521-26/santa-venera-sanctioning-of-minor-changes-from-approved-pa-07822-06): Sanctioning of minor changes from approved PA/07822/06 of third floor level. And proposed extension of the existing apartment at third-floor level and… Pending, validated 23 September 2026, 4 floors - [**PA/06435/26** Rabat](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06435-26/rabat-demolition-of-existing-property-and-construction-of): Demolition of existing property and construction of ground floor maisonette, two overlying apartments at first and second floor, and a duplex unit at third… Pending, validated 23 September 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor - [**PA/06423/26** Swieqi](https://propertylist.mt/permit/PA-06423-26/swieqi-demolition-of-existing-property-and-reconstruction-of): Proposed demolition of existing property and reconstruction of basement garages and residential units, amalgamated with the adjacent property already covered… Pending, validated 23 September 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor [All applications by MASStudio](https://propertylist.mt/perit/masstudio) [All planning applications in Fgura](https://propertylist.mt/planning-applications/fgura)