PA/03910/26: Change of use from disused hospital in Zabbar
65, ex-St James Clinic, Misrah San Gakbu abutting, Sqaq San Pawl, Zabbar
Change of use from disused hospital (Class 2A) to medical sleeping quarters (hostel) Class 3A, including minor internal alterations.
- Status
- Suspended (Application processing is currently suspended at the perit's request)
- Location
- 65, ex-St James Clinic, Misrah San Gakbu abutting, Sqaq San Pawl, Zabbar
- Locality
- Zabbar
- Applicant
- Saint James Hospital Ltd Attn: Dr Josie Muscat
- Perit
- Perit Malcolm Xuereb
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Change of Use
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Validated
- 17 June 2026
- Published
- 17 June 2026
- Comments close
- 17 July 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 65, ex-St James Clinic, Misrah San Gakbu abutting, Sqaq San Pawl, Zabbar
1 other application on the same street: 0 granted, 0 refused, 0 pending.
On Sqaq San Pawl: 1 other application, 0 granted and 0 refused.
Approval estimate for change of use applications like this here: about 89% (likely range 59–100%, low reliability, from 0 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/03526/26 Zabbar: To remove existing stair and proposed alteration at first floor and propose an extension of existing rooms above. The proposal also include a pool.
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