PA/03081/25: Minor internal alterations to a pre-1967 dwelling in Mtarfa
103, West Kent House, Triq l-Imtarfa, Mtarfa
Minor internal alterations to a pre-1967 dwelling at the ground floor and basement levels. The modifications include removing the existing basement-level bedroom to expand the kitchen and dining area, a bathroom will be added under the staircase at the basement level, and the existing ground-floor bathroom will be modified where a new bathroom and washroom will also be constructed.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 103, West Kent House, Triq l-Imtarfa, Mtarfa
- Locality
- Mtarfa
- Applicant
- David Abela
- Perit
- Perit Benny Cortis
- Application type
- Full development permission - Summary Process
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- New Construction (Residential)
- Residential units
- 1
- Received
- 17 April 2025
- Validated
- 20 June 2025
- Published
- 21 May 2025
- Comments close
- 5 June 2025
- Decision
- Acceptable
- Permit expires
- 2 July 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 103, West Kent House, Triq l-Imtarfa, Mtarfa
40 other applications within 300 m: 17 granted, 4 refused, 4 pending. 81% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 4 floors (PA/02517/24).
On Triq l-Imtarfa: 15 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 3. Periti active on this street: Roderick Camilleri, Innovative Design Architects (iDA), Charles Buhagiar, Matthew Briffa.
Approval estimate for new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 5 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/00718/22 Mtarfa: Proposed construction of an agricultural store including the creation of an access and installation of gate.
- PA/00697/21 Mtarfa: To sanction variations as built from PA 854/04, mainly the sanctioning of the existing bathroom at ground floor level, alterations to side elevation and…
- PA/00632/23 Mtarfa: To sanction as built. Works include internal and external changes not as per approved PA2951/13 and demolition of cantilevers at roof level (already carried…
- PA/03846/24 Mdina: To sanction existing soil levels, and restore soil levels as previously existing.
- PA/03123/21 Mtarfa: To sanction changes from approved permit PA2624/16. Changes include minor changes to all levels and facade
- PA/01208/26 Mtarfa: Demolition of existing building and proposed extension to existing apartment including construction of street level garage.
- PA/01359/25 Mtarfa: To erect two apartments on two levels with underlying two domestic stores and overlying two washrooms.
- PA/03012/21 Mtarfa: Demolition of existing washrooms and construction of penthouse apartment overlying block of apartments covered by PA/1606/10
- PA/05461/26 Mtarfa: To construct rubble walls, installation of timber gate, construction of underground water reservoir, back filling of soil erosion, construction of…
- PA/05248/25 Mtarfa: To erect two apartments at first and second floor levels, a garage at ground floor with underlying stores and reservoirs. Proposal also includes a recessed…
- PA/02095/25 Mtarfa: Renewal of PA/04568/17- Extension at back of washroom to include living room and internal alterations.
- PA/03336/22 Mtarfa: To propose changes to approved PA07132/16 - This includes changes to lift shaft size and opening of lift shaft at first and second floor, changes to apertures…
- PA/02517/24 Mtarfa: Proposed excavation of one basement and proposed construction of a basement for domestic storage; three-car garage at the ground floor; one-bedroom apartment…
- PA/07966/25 Mtarfa: Proposed extension to approved penthouse floor approved in PA/2517/24.
- PA/04518/26 Mdina: To proposed deposition of soil to level agricultural field and compacted earth embankment to prevent water runoff and edge erosion. To plant trees to further…
More by Benny Cortis
- PA/07636/26 Safi: To sanction the existing building as built from that approved in PA/06250/16. Sanctioning includes: correction of plot depth following survey, minor shifting…
- PA/06997/26 Birzebbuga: Demolition of the existing ground floor from that approved in PA/00261/25, construct a ground floor domestic store, including alterations to the existing…
- PA/06007/26 Rabat: To construct a staircase between the basement garage and the ground floor level, including partial demolition of the slab to accommodate the staircase,…
- PA/05023/26 Qormi: To sanction the existing dwelling at receded floor level as built from that approved in DN/01510/16. Sanctioning includes shifting of walls, including an…
- PA/04855/26 Birkirkara: To demolish the existing first-floor elevated maisonette, retaining the existing facade, construct a new staircase from the ground floor to the first-floor…
- PA/04258/26 Marsaskala: To demolish existing apartments at the third-floor level, reconstruct three apartments at the third-floor level and two penthouses at the receded floor level.
All applications by Benny Cortis
More from David Abela
- PA/05807/26 Zejtun: Proposed alterations to ground floor public service garage as approved in PA/01942/25. Proposed construction of 6 apartments from first to third floor and 2…
- PA/02620/26 Qormi: Construction of a 15sqm agricultural store, including the formation of an underground cesspit and a water reservoir.
- PA/03329/25 Naxxar: Minor internal alterations and proposed to divide the approved duplex apartment under the PA/0289/23 and form two separate units, having three bedrooms in the…
- PA/02586/25 Sliema: Proposed alterations to pre-1968 apartment to reconfigure internal layout, and to alter openings on the facade, including the creation of a roofed over…
- PA/01942/25 Zejtun: Proposed replacement of deteriorated roof slab and extension of slab to cover common driveway and extension of facade to building line of coaches (public…
- PA/01118/25 Swieqi: To sanction minor internal and external changes from previously approved permit PB/3358/72.