PA/05282/25: amend the approved permit PA/06520/21 in Lija
24, 26, Triq il-Forn, Lija
To amend the approved permit PA/06520/21, primarily to reduce the extent of demolition works and to retain the existing stone spiral staircase in its original location. Additionally, this application seeks to sanction the property as built (no works were done), due to corrections made to the survey of the existing property, particularly concerning the documentation of the underground spaces predating 1968 and internal heights of the rear bedroom.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 24, 26, Triq il-Forn, Lija
- Locality
- Lija
- Applicant
- Lucy Chetcuti
- Perit
- Perit Andrea Zerafa
- Application type
- Full development permission - Summary Process
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 5 July 2025
- Validated
- 26 September 2025
- Published
- 20 August 2025
- Comments close
- 9 September 2025
- Decision
- Acceptable
- Permit expires
- 8 October 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 24, 26, Triq il-Forn, Lija
108 other applications within 300 m: 65 granted, 2 refused, 10 pending. 97% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 3 floors (PA/07585/24).
On Triq il-Forn: 17 other applications, 10 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 3. Periti active on this street: Ian Turban, Andrew Vinci, Tara Cassar.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 18 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/04859/24 Lija: Subdivision of property into two; extensions at the intermediate level 1 and first floor level; internal alterations; the opening of a garage door onto Triq…
- PA/02409/21 Lija: Proposed change of room to garage, formation of opening in facade, painting of facade apertures and sanctioning of minor internal changes.
- PA/04427/24 Lija: To carry out internal changes to layout, including shifting of walls and to carry out changes to the parapet wall.
- PA/03728/24 Lija: Internal and external alterations including construction of pool with a different layout from that approved in permission PA/3257/22.
- PA/03257/22 Lija: Internal alterations, horizontal extension at ground and first floor level. Formation of pool and installation of lift.
- PA/05321/26 Lija: Proposed minor internal and external alterations to the existing building, including the construction of an additional room at first-floor level and an…
- PA/01668/23 Lija: Internal alterations comprising opening of doorway at ground floor level, opening of doorway to main bedroom, shifting of doorways at ensuite and removal in…
- PA/07432/25 Lija: Alterations to, including adjustment of the dividing line between, contiguous dwellings at 18/20 Triq il-Forn (approved PA/05798/24) and 22 Triq il-Forn…
- PA/03313/22 Lija: To sanction removal of one wall at ground floor level, sanction of facade and Internal cleaning, proposed part (ground floor level) change of use to Class 4D…
- PA/05357/23 Lija: Proposed high tables and stools on pavement, increased pavement width with timber platform and sanctioning of signs on facade and removal of a.c. external unit.
- PA/05798/24 Lija: Minor alterations to existing house, including demolition of accretions and pool, and reinstatement of original apertures and soft landscaping.
- PA/04757/24 Lija: Rehabilitation of the existing property, including the demolition of accretions from within the courtyard, to create a loggia, extension of roof volume,…
- PA/00683/21 Lija: Minor alterations to permit approved in PA 8189/19
- PA/02739/26 Lija: Proposal restoration of facade.
- PA/00095/21 Lija: To construct boundary wall around garden extents
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- PA/02822/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: To sanction property as built from the approved permit PA/6343/05, mainly including minor internal alterations
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