PA/01080/26: Change of use from showroom at ground in Santa Venera
37, Triq Misrah il-Barrieri, Santa Venera
Change of use from showroom at ground floor level approved in PA/05009/24 to a vehicle showroom. No changes to layout.
- Status
- Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT)
- Location
- 37, Triq Misrah il-Barrieri, Santa Venera
- Locality
- Santa Venera
- Applicant
- Yanica Mifsud Claudio Galea
- Perit
- Perit George Farrugia
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Change of Use
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Validated
- 25 February 2026
- Published
- 25 February 2026
- Comments close
- 27 March 2026
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 20 July 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 37, Triq Misrah il-Barrieri, Santa Venera
158 other applications within 300 m: 104 granted, 1 refused, 15 pending. 99% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/05935/23).
On Triq Misrah il-Barrieri: 28 other applications, 15 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Tancred Mifsud.
Approval estimate for change of use applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 15 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/01346/21 Santa Venera: To sanction garage as built, with changes from approved permit PA/03787/01
- PA/03280/21 Santa Venera: To sanction minor internal and external additions and alterations.
- PA/02142/21 Santa Venera: To sanction as built first floor maisonette against that approved in PAPB/4906/90
- PA/03373/21 Santa Venera: Proposed internal alterations to penthouse approved in PA5859/05
- PA/02213/26 Santa Venera: Sanctioning of extension of communal staircase and lift to the levels of the apartments approved in PA/04484/20.
- PA/06636/26 Santa Venera: To sanction changes to the approved garage (PA/6953/06) and the proposed extension of existing storage rooms.
- PA/05009/24 Santa Venera: Change of use from garage at ground floor level approved in PA/02239/95 to a showroom and storage. Application includes installation of signage.
- PA/03487/24 Santa Venera: To propose the construction of a basement, underlying 5 apartments on 5 residential levels, one of which at recessed floor level. This application is in lieu…
- PA/05317/25 Santa Venera: To sanction garage as built with variations from approved permit PA2239/95 including removal of shaft and shifting of walls.
- PA/05935/23 Santa Venera: Renewal of permit PA7709/18 - ”To sanction changes to ground floor shop as approved with PA2436/08 and proposed alterations and additions. Changes to be…
- PA/03039/21 Santa Venera: Proposal to change the internal layout of the approved third floor receded level to subdivide a large residential unit into 2 smaller units (elevations are…
- PA/02158/21 Santa Venera: Proposed minor internal alterations and to sanction internal alterations at basement and ground floor levels from previous approved permit PA1819/16.
- PA/07215/23 Santa Venera: Change of use from store to garages and minor internal alterations including construction of divisory walls and installation of roller shutters.
- PA/07236/24 Santa Venera: Sanctioning from approved PA895/18 - after survey of site, in lieu of requested internal changes by new owners, sanctioning of basement levels as built,…
- PA/01318/24 Santa Venera: Sanctioning of maisonette as built over PA1867/18.
More by George Farrugia
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- PA/07564/26 Mgarr: To sanction existing concrete structure to support dangerous rock.
- PA/07482/26 Sliema: Alterations to approved permit (PA8074/24), including alterations to the common stairs and relocation of a lift; internal alterations to the approved…
- PA/07474/26 Cospicua (Bormla): Proposed alterations to approved PA/04287/24.
- PA/07418/26 Birzebbuga: Minor internal alterations to approved drawings as per PA/6127/23 and excavation for one floor garage.
- PA/07402/26 Rabat: Proposed dismantling of existing pre-1978 room walls and reconstruct using fair faced masonry, excavation of reservoir and installation of flat laid solar…