PA/03935/26: sanction change of use from existing store in Belt Valletta
65, Triq id-Dejqa, Belt Valletta
To sanction change of use from existing store at ground floor to a supplementary food preparation area serving existing restaurant Class 4D known as 59 Republic. Basement to remain as storage.
- Status
- Refused (Planning Authority decision reviewed by Appeals Board / EPRT)
- Location
- 65, Triq id-Dejqa, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- Andrew Thomas Hughes
- Perit
- Dr Edwin Mintoff
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 24 March 2026
- Validated
- 10 June 2026
- Published
- 10 June 2026
- Comments close
- 10 July 2026
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 2 September 2026
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 65, Triq id-Dejqa, Belt Valletta
318 other applications within 300 m: 172 granted, 17 refused, 36 pending. 91% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 6 floors (PA/02555/26).
On Triq id-Dejqa: 22 other applications, 6 granted and 2 refused. Periti active on this street: Paul Cuschieri, Elena Borg Costanzi, Edwin Mintoff.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 87% (likely range 57–100%, medium reliability, from 49 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/06026/23 Belt Valletta: Proposed relocation of existing a/c units along facade along Triq id-Dejqa, and amendments to facade (at Triq id-dejqa) to accommodate a/c units.
- PA/03667/24 Belt Valletta: Restoration of facades.
- PA/03468/26 Belt Valletta: Change of use from Class 1 to Class 3A, including internal minor alterations and sanctioning of an aperture opening.
- PA/03125/26 Belt Valletta: Renewal of PA03638/15: Proposed minor internal structural alterations and proposed extension at second floor level to existing commercial/office building (as…
- PA/03912/24 Belt Valletta: To sanction change in internal layout and swimming pool at penthouse level.
- PA/02850/22 Belt Valletta: To reinstate Class 4C bar and reinstall old signage along facade.
- PA/01848/26 Belt Valletta: Proposed extension of the fourth floor level at a Class 3A boutique guest house.
- PA/00612/24 Belt Valletta: Extension to existing Class 3A Boutique Hotel through the change of use of the adjacent property. Proposal to also include minor internal alterations to join…
- PA/03816/25 Belt Valletta: Change of use from existing Offices to Class 3A guesthouse with 12 rooms including minor internal alterations.
- PA/01706/24 Belt Valletta: Placing of tables and chairs in front of Class 4D premises.
- PA/01217/24 Belt Valletta: Restoration of facades and interior of the Italian Cultural Institute.
- PA/06027/23 Belt Valletta: Proposed Relocation of A/C units along entrance and proposed redesign of facade to accommodate and integrate a/c units within facade.
- PA/05348/25 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from existing Class 4B retail outlet to Class 4C.
- PA/05615/24 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from existing residential building to Class 3B hotel. Proposal includes internal and external alterations.
- PA/02500/21 Belt Valletta: Internal alteration to create vertical access and restoration of Main Guard, Valletta
More by Edwin Mintoff
- PA/07655/26 Munxar: Proposed extension and changes to approved permit PA/01661/20. Proposal consists of the excavation of part of garden, water reservoir under ground floor pool…
- PA/07457/26 Gzira: Amendments to facade for structural integrity.
- PA/07455/26 Sliema: Proposed redesign of bar/cafeteria entrance, including new sign.
- PA/07431/26 St Julians: To sanction the change of use from showroom approved in PA03705/99 to a convenience shop Class 4B including internal layout changes, added signage,…
- PA/07407/26 Sliema: To demolish the existing staircase and carry out internal and external alterations to the development approved under PA/06318/23, including the provision of…
- PA/07388/26 Marsaskala: Proposed demolition of existing hotel and proposed construction of Class 3B 4 star hotel.
All applications by Edwin Mintoff
More from Andrew Thomas Hughes
- PA/07525/26 Sliema: Proposed alterations to front elevation, including widening of balcony doorway and opening of window to match doors and windows of overlying apartments.…
- PA/08369/24 Belt Valletta: To sanction change of use from existing store at ground floor to a supplementary food preparation area serving existing restaurant Class 4D known as 59…