PA/01729/26: Replacement of first floor ancillary office space in Belt Valletta
St. John's Co Cathedrral, Triq San Gwann c/w, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
Replacement of first floor ancillary office space floor slab; introduction of intermediate floor, including minor alteration works to corner office space and installation of lightweight partition.
- Status
- Suspended (Application processing is currently suspended at the perit's request)
- Location
- St. John's Co Cathedrral, Triq San Gwann c/w, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- St.John's Co-Cathedral Att: Anthony Mary Mallia
- Perit
- Perit Ruben Sciortino
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Alterations & Extensions (Commercial)
- Received
- 10 December 2025
- Validated
- 18 March 2026
- Published
- 18 March 2026
- Comments close
- 24 April 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around St. John's Co Cathedrral, Triq San Gwann c/w, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
342 other applications within 300 m: 194 granted, 15 refused, 43 pending. 93% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 7 floors (PA/07420/25).
On Triq San Gwann: 23 other applications, 10 granted and 2 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 7. Periti active on this street: Paul Camilleri, David Mifsud Parker, Martin Debrincat.
Approval estimate for alterations & extensions applications like this here: about 88% (likely range 58–100%, low reliability, from 20 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/03165/21 Belt Valletta: Change of use from Class 4B retail to Class 4C cafeteria.
- PA/02835/25 Belt Valletta: Minor internal alterations and amendments to facade including installation of signage to a pre-1967 Class 4B Shop, to be re-utilized as a pharmacy
- PA/03302/24 Belt Valletta: Installation of digital advertisement screens on facade.
- PA/01464/22 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use to Class 4D, including minor internal alterations.
- PA/00113/26 Belt Valletta: Change of use from Class 4B to Class 4C and proposed internal and external alterations.
- PA/02313/25 Belt Valletta: To create new opening to link two Class 4B shops, including alterations to facade and the removal of the stairs/stairwell.
- PA/07062/24 Belt Valletta: To sanction property as built in PA/03156/05 and to propose change of use from Class 4B to Class 4D, including internal alterations and signage.
- PA/02012/22 Belt Valletta: Minor internal alteration to existing property consisting in the removal and reconstruction of new stairs.
- PA/02598/25 Belt Valletta: Redesign of ground floor shop commercial front, alterations at roof level including fixing of steel stair to access a panoramic roof. Sanctioning of sign.
- PA/00930/25 Belt Valletta: Alterations to common parts to construct lift shaft.
- PA/04213/26 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor levels from Class 4A offices to Class 3B hotel. Alterations to the existing roof to allow for the…
- PA/06891/23 Belt Valletta: To dismantle steel structure at roof level, demolish offices with frontage on Republic street at third floor and construct two receded levels at 3rd floor and…
- PA/06535/23 Belt Valletta: It is proposed to create a third floor dedicated to Class 4A Offices above the existing second floor level and generally within the existing volume of the…
- PA/00299/23 Belt Valletta: At ground floor to create a unified Class 4B shop, a new common area with staircase and lifts at all levels, proposed change of use from Class 4B to Class 4A…
- PA/02174/24 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use of existing office building into a Class 3A guesthouse including extension of room.
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