PA/04809/25: Partial demolition of terraced house and construction in Gzira
161, Triq ix-Xatt, Gzira
Partial demolition of terraced house and construction of an 8-storey block with an overlying receded floor, consisting of 6 flats, 5 of which duplex flats.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 161, Triq ix-Xatt, Gzira
- Locality
- Gzira
- Applicant
- Andrea Zammit Tabona
- Perit
- Perit Paul Camilleri
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Height
- 8 floors plus a receded floor
- Residential units
- 6
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Validated
- 23 July 2025
- Published
- 23 July 2025
- Comments close
- 9 September 2025
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 13 January 2026
- Permit expires
- 28 January 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 161, Triq ix-Xatt, Gzira
212 other applications within 300 m: 114 granted, 15 refused, 26 pending. 88% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 11 floors (PA/03788/25).
On Triq ix-Xatt: 39 other applications, 18 granted and 4 refused; granted buildings are typically 10 floors, the tallest 10. Periti active on this street: Edwin Mintoff, MASStudio, Robert Grech, Daphne Zammit, Christian Spiteri.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 93% (likely range 63–100%, low reliability, from 25 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.
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- PA/02222/25 Gzira: To sanction minor internal and external alterations from approved DN/1421/16 including configuration to the layout.
- PA/07059/25 Gzira: To propose change of use from Class 4A (approved by virtue RG02236/19) to Class 4B at ground floor level and change of use of the first floor and intermediate…
- PA/08298/25 Gzira: To sanction the installation of the tempered glass railing instead of the approved chrome railing on the facade at level 8 and level 9.
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- PA/07338/24 Gzira: Proposal includes a change of use from a garage as approved in PA/1025/96 to Class 4D (Triq Belvedere), a change of use from a store (Triq Samuel Taylor…
- PA/03952/25 Gzira: To sanction changes to 6th floor apartment approved in PA1767/15.
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- PA/05257/25 Gzira: Proposed changes to approved permit separate take away facility from PA/9429/19, including internal and external alterations.
- PA/07457/26 Gzira: Amendments to facade for structural integrity.
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- PA/07287/24 Gzira: To sanction as built the ground floor domestic store, apartments 1 and 6 with minor alterations from approved permit as per PA/01545/09.
- PA/03055/24 Gzira: To sanction minor external alterations, installation of roof pergola and change of railing - works to sanction are post RG/01039/23. Application proposes…
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