PA/02821/26: Alterations to Law Courts Building comprising of in Belt Valletta
Law Courts, Triq ir-Repubblika c/w Triq Santa Lucija c/w Triq id-Dejqa c/w, Triq San Gwann, Belt Valletta
Alterations to Law Courts Building comprising of the construction of an additional elevator within the internal courtyard.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Law Courts, Triq ir-Repubblika c/w Triq Santa Lucija c/w Triq id-Dejqa c/w, Triq San Gwann, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- Court Services Agency Attn: David Mizzi
- Perit
- Perit Andre Magro
- Application type
- Full development permission - Summary Process
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- New Construction
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Validated
- 28 May 2026
- Published
- 6 May 2026
- Comments close
- 21 May 2026
- Decision
- Acceptable
- Permit expires
- 10 June 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Law Courts, Triq ir-Repubblika c/w Triq Santa Lucija c/w Triq id-Dejqa c/w, Triq San Gwann, 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 new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 4 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.
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- 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 Andre Magro
- PA/07139/26 Sliema: To sanction property as built. To propose change of use from a private garage to Class 4B. To carry out internal and external changes and to fix a sign.
- PA/07057/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed changing of balcony and minor internal alterations.
- PA/07027/26 San Gwann: To sanction property as built. To propose change of use from a private garage to Class 4B. To carry out internal and external changes and to fix a sign.
- PA/06912/26 Tarxien: Proposed minor internal changes from approved permit PA/4734/26.
- PA/06848/26 Hamrun: To construct an additional room within residential apartment to be used as a gym.
- PA/06708/26 Xghajra: To excavate site for the construction of a semi-basement garage, change of use of the approved ground-floor garage (PA/3852/25) to a one-bedroom maisonette,…
All applications by Andre Magro
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