PA/02547/25: Sanctioning the change of use from the in Belt Valletta
Shop 3, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
Sanctioning the change of use from the approved retail shop (PA4290/98) to a Class 4C food and drink outlet, including alterations to signage.
- Status
- Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT)
- Location
- Shop 3, Triq ir-Repubblika, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- Matthew Scerri
- Perit
- Perit Sebastian Grima
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 23 January 2025
- Validated
- 23 April 2025
- Published
- 30 July 2025
- Comments close
- 15 September 2025
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 19 November 2025
- Permit expires
- 16 September 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Shop 3, 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 sanctioning applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 24 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 Sebastian Grima
- PA/07166/26 Swieqi: To demolish the existing terraced house approved and constructed under permit PB/3310/75; excavate and construct a domestic reservoir and an underlying garage…
- PA/07053/26 Floriana: To extend the approved stairwell and lift shaft approved in PA8128/21 and construct a new receded floor not exceeding the maximum height of the near by…
- PA/04564/26 Birzebbuga: Extension of part of the existing second floor which will be used as offices, lavatories, and ancillary rooms forming part of the existing Class 5A factory.…
- PA/04166/26 Zebbug (Gozo): Proposed sanctioning and internal and minor external alterations to an existing tourism accommodation establishment (Class 3A) and ancillary restaurant (Class…
- PA/01886/26 Birzebbuga: Extension of existing Class 5A factory as follows; The proposal seeks permission for the construction of an extension to the existing ring road towards the…
- PA/07612/25 Attard: To sanction internal alterations and proposed construction of additional floor to be used for Class 6A storage.
All applications by Sebastian Grima
More from Matthew Scerri
- PA/02193/26 Zebbug: To open existing window on facade to floor level to allow for motorcycle access due to lack of pavement and parking area.
- PA/06989/25 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from Class 4C (bar), approved by virtue PA/2954/14, to Class 4B (convenience shop), including sanctioning of integration with adjoining…
- PA/02094/22 Zebbug: Proposed alterations and extensions to the existing house of character. Changes include the demolition of some internal walls, construction of a new staircase…