PA/01584/23: Change of use from store to office in Belt Valletta
79, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
Change of use from store to office (Class 4A), addition of a toilet and restoration of facade including change of materials and colours.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 79, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- Mr Joseph Laferla
- Perit
- Perit David Cilia
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Change of Use
- Received
- 15 February 2023
- Validated
- 22 March 2023
- Published
- 22 March 2023
- Comments close
- 28 April 2023
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 28 September 2023
- Permit expires
- 11 October 2028
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 79, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
175 other applications within 300 m: 101 granted, 10 refused, 23 pending. 91% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 7 floors (PA/07420/25).
On Triq ir-Repubblika: 62 other applications, 35 granted and 6 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 change of use applications like this here: about 90% (likely range 60–100%, low reliability, from 27 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 David Cilia
- PA/07340/26 Birkirkara: To sanction roof structures departing from approved plans (PA779/18).
- PA/07000/26 Rabat: Proposed change of use from art gallery to Class 1 and to sanction discrepancies from approved plans (PA908/93) reconfiguration of walls and apertures at…
- PA/06718/26 Pieta: To change of use from bakery to office space (Class 4A) and a pastizzeria and confectionery. Proposal includes installation of lift, construction of staircase…
- PA/06689/26 San Gwann: Change of use from Class 4B to Class 4B Shop including Confectionery and Pastizzeria, construction of toilet and stores at the back of the premises.
- PA/06224/26 Santa Venera: To carry out minor internal alterations including dismantling and construction of doorways/apertures and internal partitions.
- PA/06146/26 Zebbug: Demolition of existing terraced house and proposed construction of residential units including parking spaces at basement level, 1 maisonette, 3 apartments…