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PA/03164/24: demolish existing car showroom and overlying residential in Qormi

176/178, Triq l-Imdina and Unnamed door, Triq Guze' Duca, Qormi

To demolish existing car showroom and overlying residential unit and excavate site to necessary levels. Proposed construction of a garage at basement level (private car parking), a showroom (sale and display of motor vehicles) at ground floor and 6 overlying residential units (1 two-bedroom and 1 one-bedroom units at first floor, 1 two-bedroom unit at second and third floor, 1 three-bedroom duplex unit at second and third floor and 1 three-bedroom apartment at setback floor.) Proposal also includes the fixing of signage.

Status
Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
Location
176/178, Triq l-Imdina and Unnamed door, Triq Guze' Duca, Qormi
Locality
Qormi
Applicant
Conrad Galea
Perit
Perit Gilbert Bartolo
Application type
Full development permission
Zone
Within Development Zone
Type of works
Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
Height
4 floors plus a receded floor
Residential units
6
Received
17 January 2024
Validated
29 May 2024
Published
29 May 2024
Comments close
28 June 2024
Recommendation
Refuse Permission
Decision
Grant Permission
Decision date
20 March 2025
Permit expires
2 April 2030

The public planning file has 59 documents: plans, reports, consultations and the decision.

Case details on the Planning Authority website

Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps

Planning activity around 176/178, Triq l-Imdina and Unnamed door, Triq Guze' Duca, Qormi

116 other applications within 300 m: 73 granted, 3 refused, 9 pending. 96% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 4 floors (PA/00452/26).

On Triq l-Imdina: 85 other applications, 53 granted and 3 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 4. Periti active on this street: Charles Buhagiar, David Mifsud Parker, architecture 360, John Attard, Chris Cachia.

Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 12 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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