PA/04788/26: alterations to the common stairwell to accommodate in Msida
Melita Flats, Triq l-Iskola, Msida
Proposed alterations to the common stairwell to accommodate the installation of a lift; alterations to the existing elevated ground-floor apartment, second-floor apartment and third-floor apartments; demolition of the existing washrooms at fourth-floor level of a pre-1967 building and construction of an apartment at fourth-floor level; and construction of a receded fifth-floor level.
- Status
- Pending (Awaiting Decision)
- Location
- Melita Flats, Triq l-Iskola, Msida
- Locality
- Msida
- Applicant
- Mariano Farrugia Pavia
- Perit
- Perit Karl Cutajar
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Height
- 5 floors plus a receded floor
- Residential units
- 4
- Received
- 8 June 2026
- Validated
- 8 July 2026
- Published
- 8 July 2026
- Comments close
- 7 August 2026
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Melita Flats, Triq l-Iskola, Msida
218 other applications within 300 m: 138 granted, 6 refused, 26 pending. 96% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 13 floors (PA/03440/22).
On Triq l-Iskola: 11 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 5 floors, the tallest 6. Periti active on this street: Brian Ebejer, David Cilia, Minja Nedimovic Pace.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 21 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/01884/21 Msida: To reactivate the use as a Class 4B shop, installation of new sign and ac unit.
- PA/05156/23 Msida: To renew permit PA08885/18 - ”To sanction internal variations from permit PA1900/11 at fourth and fifthfloor apartments, to extend fifth floor and construct…
- PA/01909/21 Msida: To carry out internal alteration at fifth and receded floor level to split duplex unit in 2.
- PA/02454/26 Msida: To carry out minor internal alteration to re-instate and widen the interconnection between two existing Class 4B Shops. To shift the outdoor a/c units and…
- PA/02993/24 Msida: Proposed apartments at fourth floor level and overlying penthouse.
- PA/02141/24 Msida: To demolish house and construct basement garages, overlying shop Class 4B and garage at ground floor level, 10 apartments and 2 receded units at penthouse…
- PA/06102/26 Msida: To sanction discrepancies in plan from approved plans (PA2993/24).
- PA/06601/23 Msida: To demolish two existing dwellings and proposed maisonette and garage at ground floor; four flats and four duplexes at first, second, third, fourth and…
- PA/03165/22 Msida: Change of use from garage to Class 4B Shop, and proposed installation of signage. To include sanctioning of change of door aperture from approved permit.
- PA/06048/26 Msida: Proposed change of use of Class 4B shop into a public service garage.
- PA/03665/26 Msida: Internal alterations to property, to convert a study to a bedroom.
- PA/06909/25 Msida: To carry out alterations and extensions to apartment approved in RG/00511/25. To also construct an additional penthouse on existing airspace.
- PA/05421/24 Msida: To change use from domestic garage to Class 4B (convenience shop), to replace garage door and install one sign.
- PA/05304/26 Msida: Proposed addition of two units.
- PA/04963/25 Msida: Proposed alterations and subdivision of existing pre-1967 first floor apartment into 2 units.
More by Karl Cutajar
- PA/07647/26 Paola: To sanction the existing terrace at second-floor level apartment, forming part of an existing pre-1968 building.
- PA/07570/26 Paola: To sanction the existing terrace at first-floor level and part of the existing backyard at ground-floor level, overlying the ground-floor garage, forming part…
- PA/02752/26 Tarxien: Proposed backyard at ground floor level and sanctioning to approved PA/01365/22.
- PA/02391/26 Birzebbuga: Sanctioning of internal walls in main underground hall to PA/01140/12. Proposed male and female w.c and showers, access for all w.c/shower, lift to provide…
- PA/03894/25 Paola: To sanction wall cladding and signage on both facades of Class 4C shop.
- PA/03500/25 Gudja: To sanction terraced house as built to PA1142/17 and proposed extension at first floor level.
All applications by Karl Cutajar
More from Mariano Farrugia Pavia
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