PA/06532/25: sanction changes to existing commercial property approved in Zebbug
Agora Retail Centre, Triq l-Imdina c/w, Triq Is-Snajja, Zebbug
To sanction changes to existing commercial property approved in virtue of PA/02387/02 and PA/05505/09 (renewed thru' PA/01306/15) and to propose additional floor for storage area at receded floor level. The changes proposed to sanction include minor alterations at all levels and the change of use at ground floor of approved Class 4B showroom into Car Showroom (Use not within a Use Class as per S.L.552.13) and the change of use at first floor from approved Wedding Hall (Use not within a Use Class) to Class 4B Showroom. Furthermore proposal is requesting removal of condition 1 imposed in PA/02599/01 stating that 'The basement store can only be used as part of the upper floors and not as an independent unit'.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Agora Retail Centre, Triq l-Imdina c/w, Triq Is-Snajja, Zebbug
- Locality
- Zebbug
- Applicant
- J Zammit Estates Limited Attn: James Zammit
- Perit
- Perit George Farrugia
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Outside Development Zone
- Type of works
- Sanctioning
- Received
- 27 June 2025
- Validated
- 15 October 2025
- Published
- 15 October 2025
- Comments close
- 14 November 2025
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 27 February 2026
- Permit expires
- 11 March 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Agora Retail Centre, Triq l-Imdina c/w, Triq Is-Snajja, Zebbug
81 other applications within 300 m: 39 granted, 6 refused, 14 pending. 87% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/02594/25).
On Triq l-Imdina: 78 other applications, 37 granted and 6 refused; granted buildings are typically 5 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Colin Zammit, Charles Azzopardi, Krista Xuereb, Keith Schembri, Charles Buhagiar.
Approval estimate for sanctioning applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 13 comparable decisions nearby). Outside the development zone, where approvals are harder. 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/01849/23 Zebbug: Renewal application for PA/03645/17 - Construction of sheep farm, including the construction of boundary walls with random stonework and sanctioning of gate.…
- PA/01224/23 Zebbug: Construction of sheep farm.
- PA/05409/26 Zebbug: Proposed relocation of gate, green house, and underlying reservoir.
- PA/02600/26 Zebbug: To propose construction of chicken units, workshop / equipment store, silos, manure clamp, cesspit, packing room, office, and ancillary facilities. Proposal…
- PA/01107/21 Zebbug: To construct reservoir and pump room. Application also includes the construction of a rubble boundary wall and the installation of a timber gate.
- PA/07708/24 Zebbug: Proposed single sided electronic LED billboard.
- PA/01805/23 Zebbug: Removal of existing ready mix plant and construction of warehouses, as already approved in PA/05006/18"
- PA/04021/23 Zebbug: Proposed reservoir and pump room, and reconstruction of rubble wall
- PA/03448/24 Zebbug: To reconstruct collapsed slabs in existing agricultural store.
- PA/08715/24 Zebbug: Maintenance of existing rubble walls, deposit of soil and installation of gate.
- PA/00747/25 Zebbug: The proposal includes rubble wall around the site together with reservoir and pump room.
- PA/02404/21 Zebbug: To construct a rabbit farm with ancillary facilities and to sanction the hard landscaping, a pump room with underlying reservoir
- PA/06550/24 Zebbug: To sanction industrial garages as built (Class 5A - light industry, Class 6A - storage and distribution and Class 6B - boatyards).
- PA/07529/26 Zebbug: Proposed alteration of volleyball court and adjoining hardstand into two padel courts.
- PA/04717/26 Zebbug: Proposed installation of LPG Tank.
More by George Farrugia
- PA/07573/26 Xewkija: Proposed internal alterations to existing basement and ground floor, proposed partial excavation and construction of basement level -2 and ground floor, and…
- PA/07564/26 Mgarr: To sanction existing concrete structure to support dangerous rock.
- PA/07482/26 Sliema: Alterations to approved permit (PA8074/24), including alterations to the common stairs and relocation of a lift; internal alterations to the approved…
- PA/07474/26 Cospicua (Bormla): Proposed alterations to approved PA/04287/24.
- PA/07418/26 Birzebbuga: Minor internal alterations to approved drawings as per PA/6127/23 and excavation for one floor garage.
- PA/07402/26 Rabat: Proposed dismantling of existing pre-1978 room walls and reconstruct using fair faced masonry, excavation of reservoir and installation of flat laid solar…
All applications by George Farrugia
More from J Zammit Estates Ltd
- PA/06854/23 Msida: Proposed alterations and extension to include additional floor (Class 4A offices) to complex approved by PA2307/19 ( Class 4A offices and Class 4B showroom)
- PA/02905/22 Iklin: Construction of basement garage, ground floor showroom, first floor offices, 7 apartments on second, third and fourth floor and two common areas with lifts.…