PA/03216/25: sanction an existing fuel storage system in Paola
Fuel station at Laboratory Wharf, Valletta Gateway Terminals Ltd (VGT) Laboratory Wharf, Telgha ta' Ras Hanzir, Paola
To sanction an existing fuel storage system.
- Status
- Refused (This application has been refused by Planning Board / Commission and a refusal notification has been sent.)
- Location
- Fuel station at Laboratory Wharf, Valletta Gateway Terminals Ltd (VGT) Laboratory Wharf, Telgha ta' Ras Hanzir, Paola
- Locality
- Paola
- Applicant
- Valletta Gateway Terminals Ltd. Attn: Nicholas Tan
- Perit
- Perit Thomas Tanti
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Outside Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 10 February 2025
- Validated
- 21 May 2025
- Published
- 21 May 2025
- Comments close
- 20 June 2025
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 14 November 2025
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Fuel station at Laboratory Wharf, Valletta Gateway Terminals Ltd (VGT) Laboratory Wharf, Telgha ta' Ras Hanzir, Paola
10 other applications within 300 m: 5 granted, 0 refused, 4 pending. 100% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 4 floors (PA/00752/25).
On Telgha ta' Ras Hanzir: 5 other applications, 4 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 4. Periti active on this street: William Lewis.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 0 comparable decisions nearby). Outside the development zone, where approvals are harder. 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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