PA/05054/25: sanction pre-1968 apartment as built due to in Floriana
43, Vilhena Apartments, Flat 11, Triq l-Imhazen c/w, Triq il-Miratur, Floriana
To sanction pre-1968 apartment as built due to no established permits, including reinforcing works to existing wc within internal yard.
- Status
- Granted (The request for reconsideration on permit condition/s has been granted.)
- Location
- 43, Vilhena Apartments, Flat 11, Triq l-Imhazen c/w, Triq il-Miratur, Floriana
- Locality
- Floriana
- Applicant
- Joseph Amaira
- Perit
- Perit Robert Vella
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Residential units
- 1
- Received
- 20 June 2025
- Validated
- 1 October 2025
- Published
- 1 October 2025
- Comments close
- 31 October 2025
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permit expires
- 25 March 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 43, Vilhena Apartments, Flat 11, Triq l-Imhazen c/w, Triq il-Miratur, Floriana
149 other applications within 300 m: 92 granted, 3 refused, 21 pending. 97% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 6 floors (PA/02172/22).
On Triq l-Imhazen: 14 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 4. Periti active on this street: Mauro Debono, James Manduca.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 92% (likely range 62–100%, low reliability, from 26 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/04520/26 Floriana: To construct a two-bedroom apartment at roof level.
- PA/04120/26 Floriana: Minor internal alterations including a sub-division of one apartment into two apartments and a proposed lift in the common area.
- PA/02423/23 Floriana: Minor internal alterations, including removal of internal walls, roofing over of a small terrace to create a washroom/laundry room.
- PA/02409/22 Floriana: Proposed installation of a lift in the common areas.
- PA/00834/25 Floriana: Alterations to pre-1968 maisonette consisting of demolition and construction of internal walls, removal of metal grating in internal yard, construction of…
- PA/02870/26 Floriana: Change of use from pre-1967 store (no class) to a duplex open plan studio apartment at ground floor level.
- PA/07597/25 Floriana: Change of use from pre-1967 dwelling unit (as per compliance certificate CMP/8265/20) to Class 4B and signage.
- PA/02907/22 Floriana: Proposed installation of passenger lift within existing stairwell, excavation for lift pit and change of roof slab over stairwell.
- PA/01888/26 Floriana: To sanction differences from approved development permission PA3886/00 and change use from garage to Class 5A (production and packaging of ice).
- PA/02971/22 Floriana: To sanction change of material from plastered and painted to exposed masonry.
- PA/01985/25 Floriana: Change of use from residence to Class 3A (guest house), to carry out minor internal alterations to existing property, to construct a new floor plus one…
- PA/07916/25 Floriana: Proposed internal alterations to existing maisonette.
- PA/02035/26 Floriana: To sanction additions carried out to an existing pre-1967 building.
- PA/02172/22 Floriana: To make internal and external alterations, addition of floors and change of use from existing Class 1 residential dwelling to a Class 3A Guesthouse consisting…
- PA/05812/26 Floriana: Proposed development including the conversion of existing residential building into a Class 3A guest house. Development to include alteration works and…
More by Robert Vella
- PA/07181/26 Swieqi: To sanction minor internal and external alterations to property approved by PA/00399/25.
- PA/05988/26 Msida: To propose a facility for the care of the elderly (Class 2A) instead of a hotel (Class 3B) as approved in PA/00393/22. Proposal includes changes to design…
- PA/05582/26 Zebbug: To sanction minor internal alterations to property approved by PA/01175/01.
- PA/05439/26 Munxar: To sanction first floor apartment as existing from previously approved PA/00999/88.
- PA/04940/26 Sliema: To carry out minor alterations to PA/04955/24 including replacement of washroom with pergola, changes to pool layout and the addition of photovoltaic panels
- PA/04926/26 Ghaxaq: To sanction domestic store at roof level of a pre-1968 dwelling.