PA/04411/24: retain partially offices on the ground floor in Belt Valletta
54, 55 & 56, Triq Sant' Orsla, Belt Valletta
To retain partially offices on the ground floor (as approved in PA2289/09 and previous permits) and change of use to Class 3 (A) guesthouse for the upper four floors. The proposal also includes an additional recessed floor at roof level and minor internal alterations to accommodate the guest rooms. These guest rooms will form an extension of the approved permit PA4558/16 to the back of the site.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 54, 55 & 56, Triq Sant' Orsla, Belt Valletta
- Locality
- Belt Valletta
- Applicant
- Pecunia European Properties Limited Attn: Nadesh Parnis
- Perit
- Perit Joanna Spiteri Staines
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Change of Use
- Height
- 5 floors plus a receded floor
- Received
- 26 March 2024
- Validated
- 10 July 2024
- Published
- 10 July 2024
- Comments close
- 26 August 2024
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 19 June 2025
- Permit expires
- 2 July 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 54, 55 & 56, Triq Sant' Orsla, Belt Valletta
29 other applications on the same street: 16 granted, 0 refused, 3 pending. 100% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/08368/25).
On Triq Sant' Orsla: 29 other applications, 16 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 5 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Silvienne Camilleri, CVC Architecture.
Approval estimate for change of use applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 5 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/06898/26 Belt Valletta: Proposal includes minor amendments beyond those as approved in PA/01302/15, as renewed through PA/03881/23, including the sanctioning of the following: (1)…
- PA/05836/26 Belt Valletta: To separate the approved Class 3A (as per PA/00152/20), retain the Class 3A use, incorporate additional roof structures to accommodate a lift, changes to the…
- PA/03928/26 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from Class 4A (offices) as approved in PA/02796/23 to 3 residential units, including internal alterations.
- PA/01521/26 Belt Valletta: Sanctioning of glazed canopy over lift as approved in PA/02130/23.
- PA/00783/26 Belt Valletta: Minor alterations to approved hotel Class 3B, (PA4201/23) and addition of new properties to the approved hotel (33 and 36 Battery Street; 269 St Ursula…
- PA/00611/26 Belt Valletta: To restore the façade and the existing structure, and to propose a change of use of the vacant site into a community center for recreational activities as an…
- PA/08368/25 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from Society of Christian Doctrine to Class 3A guest house which includes internal alterations, installation of lift and construction…
- PA/05293/25 Belt Valletta: To sanction the reduction in size of the approved 27-room Class 3b Hotel approved in PA/00152/20 to a 21-room hotel, by removal of the properties at nos. 80 &…
- PA/00690/25 Belt Valletta: Change of use of 4 dwellings Class 1 to guesthouse Class 3A [13 rooms] at upper floors with Class 4B retail and Class 4C establishment at elevated ground…
- PA/06062/24 Belt Valletta: Change of use from residential to guest house (Class 3A), internal alterations, restaurant ancillary to guest house (Class 3A) and joining of property at…
- PA/01355/24 Belt Valletta: Alterations to existing dwelling, extension at third floor and new roof access, restoration of facade.
- PA/07753/23 Belt Valletta: Restoration works along the facade. Works include cleaning of stone, plastic repair and/or piecing in of new stone, replacement of existing doors and…
- PA/07375/23 Belt Valletta: To demolish some of the internal walls and construct some new internal walls to change the internal layout of the apartment.
- PA/06534/23 Belt Valletta: To clean and restore convent’s facade along Triq Sant Orsla and to carry out maintenance repointing on convent’s facade along Triq Santa Lucija.
- PA/03016/23 Belt Valletta: To install new sign in the same positioning and with the same dimensions as the previously installed signage that had to be removed due to bad weathering for…
More by Joanna Spiteri Staines
- PA/06899/26 Gudja: Minor alterations to dwelling including the restoration of the facade. The proposal includes creation of openings, widening of walls, construction of walls,…
- PA/06647/26 Swieqi: To demolish the existing pool as approved and built in PAPB/1585/66 and construct a new pool in its place with no additional excavation.
- PA/06469/26 Rabat: To open a new window in line with the existing and clean the facade of store.
- PA/06246/26 Ta' Xbiex: Extension of existing second floor Class 4A office.
- PA/04999/26 Attard: Restoration of Casa Depiro approved as per PA/00023/15. The proposal includes demolition and reconstruction of the existing floor slabs, demolition of…
- PA/04260/26 Iklin: Proposed changes in lieu of PA5283/22 (increase in height of boundary wall between properties).
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