PA/05050/24: demolish existing building in Paola
Grech & Ellul, Vjal Sir Paul Boffa, Triq Santa Bernadette Soubirous, Triq Emmanuel Grech, Paola
To demolish existing building, retaining existing Fuel Pump in place, excavation of three basement levels, and construction of 59 car spaces proposed commercial Class 4B in a different configuration to the existing layout, a Commercial Class 4A and Car Wash at ground floor level, and 46 dwellings from first till receded floor.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Grech & Ellul, Vjal Sir Paul Boffa, Triq Santa Bernadette Soubirous, Triq Emmanuel Grech, Paola
- Locality
- Paola
- Applicant
- Nathan Bartolo
- Perit
- Perit Joe Barbara
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Commercial)
- Residential units
- 46
- Received
- 5 February 2024
- Validated
- 24 July 2024
- Published
- 24 July 2024
- Comments close
- 9 September 2024
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 8 July 2025
- Permit expires
- 6 August 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Grech & Ellul, Vjal Sir Paul Boffa, Triq Santa Bernadette Soubirous, Triq Emmanuel Grech, Paola
119 other applications within 300 m: 80 granted, 4 refused, 18 pending. 95% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 6 floors (PA/03327/23).
On Vjal Sir Paul Boffa: 10 other applications, 4 granted and 1 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 3. Periti active on this street: Krista Xuereb.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 23 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/01396/23 Paola: To sanction pre-1993 Class 4B retail with store including structure as built.
- PA/02073/24 Paola: Proposed internal and external alterations including raising of parapet wall to 1m.
- PA/01290/21 Paola: To replace existing galvanised steel garage door with a pvc shutter door
- PA/02622/22 Paola: Proposed change of use from reception hall to Class 3C gymnasium, including internal alterations and change of sign.
- PA/01303/22 Paola: To propose the excavation of two basement floors garages at level -1 and -2 (22 garages) together with the proposal of 4 three-bedroom apartments at ground,…
- PA/01347/26 Paola: Demolition of existing building, excavation over site and construction of basement garages with overlying office Class 4A and 9 apartments.
- PA/02694/23 Paola: To sanction change of use from existing wedding hall to Class 3C gymnasium, and proposed installation of passenger lift and other minor internal alterations.
- PA/08539/24 Paola: Demolition of existing ground floor entrance and first floor maisonette overlying third party property, and construction of 14, one bedroom units over 3…
- PA/03863/23 Paola: Change of use from a Class 3C Gymnasium to a Class 6A Warehousing, with internal alterations of existing building.
- PA/04312/25 Paola: To sanction changes from what was approved in PA/4456/22, including changes to internal layout, changes to the elevation and site correction from the…
- PA/07522/24 Paola: Proposed external and internal modifications to approved ground floor level maisonette. Change of use from sitting /living room to garage for private use.
- PA/00368/20 Paola: To sanction alterations to existing first floor maisonette including shifting walls from that approved under PB/02925/74
- PA/03395/21 Paola: To sanction minor internal and external changes to existing permit PA/01175/16, including the subdivision of the duplex unit into 2 separate units (a 2…
- PA/04220/26 Paola: New garage door opening to the approved garage in PA/08366/18.
- PA/00820/25 Paola: To sanction existing building from that approved in PB 2681/81 due to change is site configuration. Works to include internal alterations construction of lift…
More by Joe Barbara
- PA/07587/26 Qormi: To demolish existing dwellings, excavate and construct 2 basement garages, 5 maisonette at ground floor level, 21 apartments from first till third floor (7…
- PA/07169/26 Birkirkara: Proposed demolition of existing dwellings, excavation of 2 levels basement, and construction of 15 private parking garages at basement levels, and 23…
- PA/06814/26 Naxxar: To make internal and external alteration to approved penthouse PA1415/07 and to construct additional unit at penthouse level.
- PA/06811/26 Swieqi: Proposed demolition of existing dwelling, excavation of 1 level semi-basement, and construction of 2 private parking spaces at basement level, and 5 dwellings…
- PA/06806/26 Mosta: To make internal and external changes to ground floor garage and store, demolish first floor and construct 3 units from first till third floor and a penthouse…
- PA/06793/26 Rabat: Proposed demolition of existing terraced house, and construction of a 12 room Class 3A guesthouse.
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- PA/02784/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To change the use of 7 approved shops (Class 4B) in PA/3875/21, to Class 1 residential units and Class 4A. Proposal includes minor internal and external…
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- PA/06654/25 San Pawl il-Bahar: To make minor internal and external alterations to existing approved shops. Proposal includes the formation of a Class 4A office.