PA/02087/26: Extension of the Victoria Hotel in Sliema
AX The Victoria and AX The Palace, Triq Gorg Borg Olivier c/w, Triq il-Kbira, Sliema
Extension of the Victoria Hotel (Class 3B) and the Palace Hotel (Class 3B) to increase number of rooms and raise pool area and sundeck area to newly proposed upper level.
- Status
- Suspended (Application processing is currently suspended at the perit's request)
- Location
- AX The Victoria and AX The Palace, Triq Gorg Borg Olivier c/w, Triq il-Kbira, Sliema
- Locality
- Sliema
- Applicant
- Central Leisure Developments Ltd Attn: Claire Zammit Xuereb
- Perit
- Perit Malcolm Xuereb
- Application type
- Outline development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Hotel
- Received
- 3 December 2025
- Validated
- 1 April 2026
- Published
- 1 April 2026
- Comments close
- 4 May 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around AX The Victoria and AX The Palace, Triq Gorg Borg Olivier c/w, Triq il-Kbira, Sliema
259 other applications within 300 m: 154 granted, 5 refused, 27 pending. 97% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 7 floors (PA/01777/24).
On Triq Gorg Borg Olivier: 23 other applications, 14 granted and 1 refused; granted buildings are typically 5 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Malcolm Xuereb, Robert Grech, Stephen Farrugia, Bencini and Associates, Melissa Giordmaina.
Approval estimate for hotel applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 1 comparable decision 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.
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- PA/07985/25 Sliema: To sanction changes from pre-1967 dwelling, and minor internal alterations.
- PA/02952/23 Sliema: Minor alterations to propose a change of use from a garage to a beauty salon - shop Class 4B and correction of site plan (site location PB3940/87).
- PA/05488/25 Sliema: Proposed internal and external alterations to approved PA236/22 including development of side 3m recess from third-party property fronting Triq Gorg Borg…
- PA/00236/22 Sliema: Proposed internal and external alterations to approved PA5881/16 including removal of one basement; alterations to internal layout at all floors.
- PA/05712/23 Sliema: Proposed change of use from garage to Class 4A office. Proposed internal and external alterations including changes to the facade, opening of wall and roofing…
- PA/04044/25 Sliema: Minor internal alterations, minor external alterations and removal of accretions at the back of the property, demolition and reconstruction of stairwell hood…
- PA/02663/25 Sliema: To sanction differences between approved and existing basement level, approved by virtue PA/2543/04. Retention of existing facade and house and demolition of…
- PA/02283/26 Sliema: To propose the change of use from a private garage to a one-bedroom apartment. The proposal includes the excavation of the basement area, the creation of new…
- PA/07254/26 Sliema: Variation from the official building alignments of corner townhouse (PA/00124/21) with local hardstone cladding on lower plinths of both facades.
- PA/00124/21 Sliema: Proposed w.c. extension above second floor, raising of limestone masonry boundary wall at roof level due to safety reasons and minor variations to approved…
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