PA/03540/23: sanction modification to pre-1967 farmhouse and construct in Naxxar
Yvemar Farmhouse, Triq ir-Ramla, Maghtab, Naxxar
To sanction modification to pre-1967 farmhouse and construct roof over garage
- Status
- Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT)
- Location
- Yvemar Farmhouse, Triq ir-Ramla, Maghtab, Naxxar
- Locality
- Naxxar
- Applicant
- Mark Zarb
- Perit
- Perit Duncan Muscat
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Outside Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Residential units
- 1
- Received
- 10 May 2023
- Validated
- 5 July 2023
- Published
- 5 July 2023
- Comments close
- 4 August 2023
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 21 November 2025
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Yvemar Farmhouse, Triq ir-Ramla, Maghtab, Naxxar
34 other applications within 300 m: 11 granted, 1 refused, 5 pending. 92% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 1 floors (PA/04886/24).
On Triq ir-Ramla: 32 other applications, 11 granted and 1 refused; granted buildings are typically 1 floors, the tallest 1. Periti active on this street: Emmanuel k.a. Noel Debattista, Matthew Gauci, Charles Buhagiar, Alistair Avallone, Adrian Mangion.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 90% (likely range 60–100%, low reliability, from 3 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.
- PA/00947/23 Naxxar: Proposed dairy farm with the addition of an entrance gate and the raising of the outer (pavement) boundary wall.
- PA/02803/25 Naxxar: Change of husbandry in approved farm from dairy cows (approved in PA/00947/23) to goats/sheep farm. Maintenance of existing boundary rubble walls and new…
- PA/00838/22 Naxxar: Proposed construction of underground reservoir, agricultural store and pump room.
- PA/00308/26 Naxxar: To install new timber gate including restoration of wall and the construction of underground reservoir and a pump room.
- PA/00942/23 Naxxar: Construction of underground reservoir - covered in 0.6 m of soil. The water will be collected off the road rain waters that flow heavily during rain periods.…
- PA/06756/24 Naxxar: To sanction rubble walls, timber gate, site clearance works, and deposition of soil. The proposal also entails the preservation and extension of a pre-1967…
- PA/05662/25 Naxxar: To sanction open storage yard (Class 6A) and the raised rubble walls around the site to match with the adjacent rubble walls.
- PA/03279/25 Naxxar: Proposed excavation and construction of a basement, for garages for recycling trucks.
- PA/00942/24 Naxxar: Proposed external alterations in apertures, changes in landscaping from approved permit PA8252/19, and the proposed demolition and reconstruction of boundary…
- PA/00419/20 Naxxar: To sanction existing structures including part of reinstated boundary (rubble) wall and proposed entrance gates and removable parking shade structure
- PA/01494/21 Naxxar: To sanction the terminal station as built, change in landscaping scheme, addition of security fence and gate, switch room, alterations to facades & buildings…
- PA/06793/24 Naxxar: To sanction pre-1994 agricultural store including reinstatement of dry random rubble wall and installation of timber gate, sanctioning of small reservoir and…
- PA/05756/23 Naxxar: To create a new entrance to the property, to sanction rooms and reservoir on site, to restore rubble walls
- PA/01350/22 Naxxar: Internal and external alterations at ground floor level including construction of pool and proposed extension at first floor level. Proposed excavation at…
- PA/00103/22 Naxxar: Removal of existing site boundary and reconstruction of rubble wall in its original position.
More by Duncan Muscat
- PA/07796/26 Mosta: Change of use from Barber Shop (Class 4b) to Clinic (Class 2a) and sanctioning of internal partition walls as well as signage and glazed painted PVC vetrina /…
- PA/06672/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed additional use as Class 4B Mini-Market selling groceries, everyday essentials and household goods, as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco /…
- PA/06557/26 Mosta: To excavate an undeveloped plot of land down to semi-basement level and develop a block with underlying garages, 2 maisonettes at ground floor level and 2…
- PA/06350/26 Zebbug: Excavation of one basement level and the construction of one Class 4B retail unit at basement and ground floor levels, and the construction of four overlying…
- PA/05867/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To reinstate dividing wall and divide existing restaurant into two separate restaurants (as was approved in PA2400/99).
- PA/05319/26 Zejtun: Conversion of an existing tool room within a small two-storey rural building into a value-added Class 4D, agricultural processing facility.
All applications by Duncan Muscat
More from Mark Zarb
- PA/01803/26 Sliema: Proposed internal alterations to existing pre-1967 apartment at second floor. Internal alterations include opening of doors, demolition of some internal…
- PA/03553/25 Cospicua (Bormla): Proposed extension at receded floor level to dwelling approved in PA/3770/24.
- PA/03770/24 Cospicua (Bormla): Extension of a terraced house and minor internal alterations.
- PA/03800/23 Senglea (Isla): Proposed rehabilitation of corner maisonette including; restoration of apertures and facade, demolition and replacement of basement slab, internal and facade…