PA/03093/26: change of use from a residential dwelling in Ghaxaq
No.56 Palazzo Castagna, Triq Santa Marija c/w Vjal il-Labour, Triq San Guzepp, Ghaxaq
Proposed change of use from a residential dwelling to a Class 3B hotel as an extension to the existing hotel, including internal and external alterations as shown in conventional colours, the integration of a discovered underground area for ancillary hotel use, and the sanctioning of a spa.
- Status
- Pending (Awaiting Decision)
- Location
- No.56 Palazzo Castagna, Triq Santa Marija c/w Vjal il-Labour, Triq San Guzepp, Ghaxaq
- Locality
- Ghaxaq
- Applicant
- RS Properties Attn: Rudolph Spiteri Sacco
- Perit
- Perit Chris Cachia
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 17 April 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Published
- 13 May 2026
- Comments close
- 12 June 2026
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around No.56 Palazzo Castagna, Triq Santa Marija c/w Vjal il-Labour, Triq San Guzepp, Ghaxaq
112 other applications within 300 m: 74 granted, 0 refused, 10 pending. 100% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/05806/25).
On Triq Santa Marija: 28 other applications, 21 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Chris Cachia, JBA Periti, Marvin Ellul, Wayne Scerri.
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/00069/25 Ghaxaq: To demolish the rear part, change use from Class 4B shop to private car garage and create a garage opening. To extend the ground floor, construct the first…
- PA/07205/24 Ghaxaq: Demolition of accretions at back of dwelling. To retain facade, internal alterations, construction of first floor and receded washrooms, and to convert from…
- PA/07722/26 Ghaxaq: Proposed minor extension of rooms at roof level for 2 adjacent dwellings approved in PA7205/24 (Demolition of accretions at back of dwelling. To retain…
- PA/03449/22 Ghaxaq: To amalgamate two adjacent vacant dwellings, alterations and extension to create one residential unit.
- PA/06329/24 Ghaxaq: Proposed removal of deteriorated ceilings, extension to second floor level and minor internal alterations.
- PA/03281/26 Ghaxaq: To construct a steel spiral staircase in the back terrace and a chimney flue at roof level of penthouse C8.
- PA/02353/26 Ghaxaq: To sanction as built variations to the elevation from approved PA/2482/97, and proposed replacement of apertures.
- PA/08068/25 Ghaxaq: To construct a steel spiral staircase in the back terrace of penthouse C9. The approved drawings for penthouse C9 are under PA/02426/21 and PA/06097/17, and…
- PA/02426/21 Ghaxaq: Changes in layout of basement levels, minor alterations at all levels and changes in back façade, from that approved in permission PA/06097/17
- PA/02974/22 Ghaxaq: To sanction the change of roof slab material from timber beams and soft stone slabs to reinforced concrete in pre-1968 dwelling.
- PA/05050/23 Ghaxaq: To sanction changes in an existing terraced house, which was approved in PA2230/20. Changes include mainly an increase in plot length and different backyard…
- PA/00926/22 Ghaxaq: To construct box room and to sanction variations from PB1222/86. Sanctioning mainly includes re-position of walls, doors and windows following new survey.…
- PA/07811/24 Ghaxaq: Proposed demolition of rooms, alterations to a townhouse and construction of an additional floor.
- PA/07429/23 Ghaxaq: Alterations to existing townhouse and additions including second floor and receded at third floor level.
- PA/00326/25 Ghaxaq: Proposed part demolition and internal alterations at ground, first floor and roof and construction of 3 additional units.
More by Chris Cachia
- PA/07531/26 Sliema: Proposed alterations and additions to existing dwelling.
- PA/07517/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed installation of a single-sided solar powered external illuminated billboard – static billboard with external lighting.
- PA/07017/26 Rabat: Proposed construction of an agricultural store with underlying basement and reservoir. Proposal includes also the construction of boundary wall and…
- PA/06864/26 Mgarr: Proposed installation of a single-sided solar powered external illuminated billboard – static billboard with external lighting.
- PA/06863/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed installation of a single-sided solar powered external illuminated billboard – static billboard with external lighting.
- PA/06862/26 Floriana: Proposed installation of a single-sided solar powered external illuminated billboard – static billboard with external lighting.
All applications by Chris Cachia
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- PA/08705/24 Ghaxaq: Proposed placing of tables, chairs and umbrellas in front of existing Class 3B hotel.
- PA/06763/24 Ghaxaq: To sanction alterations from approved permits PA/06626/19 and PA/05086/22, Class 3B Hotel consisting of minor internal and external alterations.