PA/00937/26: extension of outdoor catering area Class 4C in Belt Valletta
No. 53, Yole (under the arcades), Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
Proposed extension of outdoor catering area Class 4C comprising of tables and chairs.
- Status
- Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT)
- Location
- No. 53, Yole (under the arcades), Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- AGV Non- Ferrous Malta Ltd Atn: Sasha Cachia
- Perit
- Perit Deborah Busuttil
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Alterations & Extensions (Commercial)
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Validated
- 18 February 2026
- Published
- 18 February 2026
- Comments close
- 20 March 2026
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 14 April 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around No. 53, Yole (under the arcades), Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
175 other applications within 300 m: 102 granted, 9 refused, 23 pending. 92% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 7 floors (PA/07420/25).
On Triq ir-Repubblika: 62 other applications, 36 granted and 5 refused; granted buildings are typically 6 floors, the tallest 6. Periti active on this street: Edwin Mintoff, Robert Grech, Ivan Giordano, Philip Micallef, Frank Muscat.
Approval estimate for alterations & extensions applications like this here: about 91% (likely range 61–100%, low reliability, from 14 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/00585/21 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from a pre-1967 Class 4B shop to a Class 4D snack bar. The latter includes partition wall at basement level to divide kitchen from area…
- PA/01379/23 Belt Valletta: To sanction internal alterations to gypsum partitions and suspended ceilings and replacement of shutter and sign on facade of Class 4B retail outlet from that…
- PA/08038/24 Belt Valletta: Proposal includes courtyard alterations, to demolish existng wc and extend courtyard, to demolish existing bathroom and use as a storage, remove the existing…
- PA/06421/23 Belt Valletta: Renewal of PA4206/18 - Restoration of Valletta fortifications.
- PA/06638/25 Belt Valletta: Restoration of shopfront (including repairing of wooden cladding, replacement of light fittings, signs and reinstatement of awnings, as well as the removal of…
- PA/03252/24 Belt Valletta: To sanction change of use from Class 4A (permit not found) to Class 4B shop and changes to internal walls and signage.
- PA/02065/21 Belt Valletta: To propose change of use from Class 4B Shop to Class 4D restaurant and minor internal alterations
- PA/06534/25 Belt Valletta: To propose minor internal alterations (lightweight internal walls), including the construction of a passenger lift from level 0 to level 1 and a dumbwaiter…
- PA/04087/24 Belt Valletta: To propose widening of opening and minor internal alterations.
- PA/07636/25 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of class from Class 4B to Class 4D, proposed external alterations, and proposed outdoor tables, chairs, umbrellas, and retractable awnings.
- PA/08563/24 Belt Valletta: Proposed placing of tables and chairs outside existing restaurant.
- PA/07861/24 Belt Valletta: Replacement of broken stone columns.
- PA/07976/24 Belt Valletta: Extension to dwelling, including internal alterations and sanctioning of railing.
- PA/03236/26 Belt Valletta: Internal and external alterations to 2 in No. Class 4B outlets covered by PA/00088/02 and PA/05760/03, to combine into 1 single Class 4B unit.
- PA/00115/25 Belt Valletta: To have an area for tables and chairs in front of established 4D restaurant.
More by Deborah Busuttil
- PA/07565/26 Xaghra: To propose a washroom at receded-floor level, in lieu of PA/04051/20.
- PA/07447/26 Sliema: To demolish the existing dwelling, carry out excavation works, and construct a Class 4B shop at ground floor and basement levels, six apartments at first to…
- PA/06626/26 Xaghra: To propose excavation works and the construction of a maisonette, swimming pool and reservoir at ground-floor level, including four flats from first to…
- PA/06450/26 Marsa: Correction of the approved use of the existing premises from “garage for private cars” to the originally approved use as a “Class 5B aluminum workshop”, as…
- PA/06321/26 Xewkija: To sanction property as is.
- PA/06276/26 Sliema: To retain existing facade, to propose minor external alterations, to demolish existing rooms, to propose change of use from Class 4B shop to Class 4A office…