PA/05725/24: Demolition of residential units in Gzira
32, Carob Hill & 1, Charmonix and garages, Triq Luqa Briffa c/w, Triq Reggie Miller, Gzira
Demolition of residential units, acquired in order to build a larger block of flats and recessed level, including no. 11 car garages at the ground floor and at the proposed basement level. The proposed residential building will have four 1-bedroom apartments and fifteen 2-bedroom apartments and a 2-bedroom and a 3-bedroom penthouse at recessed level.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 32, Carob Hill & 1, Charmonix and garages, Triq Luqa Briffa c/w, Triq Reggie Miller, Gzira
- Locality
- Gzira
- Applicant
- Aquilani Developments Limited Attn: Ian Casolani
- Perit
- Perit Kerstien Micallef
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Residential units
- 21
- Received
- 1 July 2024
- Validated
- 28 August 2024
- Published
- 28 August 2024
- Comments close
- 27 September 2024
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 28 May 2025
- Permit expires
- 11 June 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 32, Carob Hill & 1, Charmonix and garages, Triq Luqa Briffa c/w, Triq Reggie Miller, Gzira
318 other applications within 300 m: 203 granted, 17 refused, 30 pending. 92% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 8 floors (PA/07453/25).
On Triq Luqa Briffa: 18 other applications, 12 granted and 2 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 6. Periti active on this street: Samuel Formosa, Rowena Gauci, Mannie Galea.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, medium reliability, from 46 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/04306/23 Gzira: Demolition of existing dwelling (retaining facade), excavation over site and construction of basement domestic store interconnected with an overlying ground…
- PA/07158/24 Gzira: To demolish existing building (retaining facade) and to construct one maisonette with interconnected garage at ground floor, four overlying apartments and one…
- PA/05725/23 Gzira: Change of use from greengrocer shop Class 4B to Class 1 residential unit, part demolition and internal and external alterations.
- PA/01663/25 Gzira: To sanction dismantling of existing garage and to re-construct as per layout prior to dismantling.
- PA/08047/25 Gzira: Construction of an additional apartment while retaining same building height, minor internal and external alterations from approved permit PA/00852/25.
- PA/00852/25 Gzira: To demolish existing townhouse and construct a maisonette at ground floor, four overlying apartments and one apartment at receded level.
- PA/04194/23 Gzira: To sanction various internal and external alterations from approved permit RG/01321/22, and to propose a jacuzzi in the backyard.
- PA/06697/24 Gzira: To propose minor variations from the approved drawings in PA/05055/22 in order to create two additional units. Proposal shall increase the total number of…
- PA/01866/26 Gzira: Sanctioning variations to existing property and proposed variations from approved permit PA/603/18.
- PA/05880/23 Gzira: To sanction variations from approved plans including internal alterations and bathroom extension.
- PA/03411/23 Gzira: Renewal of PA/02743/17: Proposed demolition (Phase 1) of existing factory and dwellings, and, erection of site boundary wall of a redevelopment project as per…
- PA/02441/22 Gzira: Construction of five residential units, including a pool at roof level, with a different floor area and configuration from that approved in PA07413/21 and the…
- PA/02284/21 Gzira: To demolish existing dwelling and construct 5 residential units.
- PA/02002/21 Gzira: To demolish existing and construct two garages at level 0, apartments at level 1-5 plus overlying penthouse.
- PA/04295/25 Gzira: Proposed demolition of existing building, excavation of site and construction of reservoir, 35 garages and substation at basement levels. Class 4B retail at…
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