PA/05146/25: demolish the existing dwelling overlying a third-party in Dingli
48, Black Pearl, Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer &, Triq Dun Karm Frendo, Dingli
To demolish the existing dwelling overlying a third-party garage and construct a ground-floor garage which overlooks Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer, and construct three overlying apartments and a receded floor dwelling.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 48, Black Pearl, Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer &, Triq Dun Karm Frendo, Dingli
- Locality
- Dingli
- Applicant
- Catherine Vella
- Perit
- Perit Benny Cortis
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Height
- 4 floors plus a receded floor
- Residential units
- 4
- Received
- 24 June 2025
- Validated
- 6 August 2025
- Published
- 6 August 2025
- Comments close
- 22 September 2025
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 12 December 2025
- Permit expires
- 4 February 2031
The public planning file has 55 documents: plans, reports, consultations and the decision.
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 48, Black Pearl, Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer &, Triq Dun Karm Frendo, Dingli
71 other applications within 300 m: 35 granted, 3 refused, 12 pending. 92% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/04501/23).
On Triq Guze' Ellul Mercer: 14 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Gary Busuttil, Roderick Camilleri, Ian Cutajar.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 13 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/02169/25 Dingli: Sanctioning of variations in drawings of terraced house as approved in PA/03927/21, and proposed conversion from terraced house to two maisonettes, including…
- PA/03405/22 Dingli: To demolish the existing dwelling and to excavate a basement and reservoir and to construct two floors of garages and four residential units.
- PA/06573/26 Dingli: To remove garage at basement level as approved in PA/03405/22 and to replace the garage at ground floor level with a residential unit (Class 1) and to propose…
- PA/05822/25 Dingli: Proposed extension and reconfiguration of existing residence into ground floor garage, first floor apartment and second floor duplex. Proposal includes part…
- PA/03572/24 Dingli: To sanction as built (changes from PA277/93), to carry out internal and external alterations and to extend second floor.
- PA/07682/26 Dingli: To close gaping hole between maisonette and garage.
- PA/01101/20 Dingli: To sanction alterations at first floor and variations to approved structures at roof level (DN 981/13) including use from washroom to domestic store. To…
- PA/02917/23 Dingli: Alterations to existing terraced house.
- PA/06955/24 Dingli: Change of use from garage to insurance office (Class 4A), sanctioning of minor internal alterations and proposed fixing of sign.
- PA/03463/24 Dingli: To sanction existing basement and ground floor garage as built from PA1657/02.
- PA/06873/26 Dingli: Proposed part change of use from garage for private use to public service garage for the storage of pedal-assisted electric cycles (e-bikes).
- PA/01084/23 Dingli: Demolition of existing room on roof, extension to single dwelling unit on roof (second floor), construction of pool and changes to facade elements.
- PA/07124/24 Dingli: Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of garage, 3 apartments and a washroom.
- PA/04116/25 Dingli: To demolish existing terraced house, excavate basement and build basement garages with underlying reservoir, one maisonette, three apartments and one…
- PA/03655/23 Dingli: Demolition of existing garage and ground floor mezzanine and construction of ground floor garage and four apartments, one receded, over four floors, all…
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- PA/06997/26 Birzebbuga: Demolition of the existing ground floor from that approved in PA/00261/25, construct a ground floor domestic store, including alterations to the existing…
- PA/06007/26 Rabat: To construct a staircase between the basement garage and the ground floor level, including partial demolition of the slab to accommodate the staircase,…
- PA/05023/26 Qormi: To sanction the existing dwelling at receded floor level as built from that approved in DN/01510/16. Sanctioning includes shifting of walls, including an…
- PA/04855/26 Birkirkara: To demolish the existing first-floor elevated maisonette, retaining the existing facade, construct a new staircase from the ground floor to the first-floor…
- PA/04258/26 Marsaskala: To demolish existing apartments at the third-floor level, reconstruct three apartments at the third-floor level and two penthouses at the receded floor level.