PA/06634/25: demolish existing property in Birzebbuga
79-81, Triq il-Folklor, Birzebbuga
To demolish existing property, proposed excavation and construction of an underground reservoir, a ground floor garage, three overlying apartments and a receded floor dwelling.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- 79-81, Triq il-Folklor, Birzebbuga
- Locality
- Birzebbuga
- Applicant
- Renald Formston
- Perit
- Perit Adrian Davison
- 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
- 10 August 2025
- Validated
- 26 November 2025
- Decision
- Acceptable
- Permit expires
- 10 December 2030
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 79-81, Triq il-Folklor, Birzebbuga
83 other applications within 300 m: 55 granted, 2 refused, 7 pending. 96% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 4 floors (PA/04952/25).
On Triq il-Folklor: 12 other applications, 4 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 3. Periti active on this street: Michael Schembri, Innovative Design Architects (iDA).
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 1 comparable decision 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/02372/21 Birzebbuga: Internal and external alterations, extension at second floor level, installation of chimney flue and wooden canopy
- PA/03463/21 Birzebbuga: Sanctioning of PV panels and chimney. Application also includes construction of light weight structure at second floor.
- PA/01085/20 Birzebbuga: To remove existing porch which encroaches onto front garden area.
- PA/00822/22 Birzebbuga: Proposed internal alterations and addition of three additional apartments over the existing first floor level.
- PA/04097/24 Birzebbuga: To sanction ground floor maisonette as built approved in PB2567/90.
- PA/05951/26 Birzebbuga: To convert existing first floor maisonette into a block of three apartments, including installation of lift. variations from the official alignment. Proposal…
- PA/04952/25 Birzebbuga: To propose extension to existing apartment block, including apartment at third floor and penthouse at receded level.
- PA/07623/24 Birzebbuga: Proposed construction of 1no. three bedroom unit over existing dwelling including the necessary internal alterations to form common parts.
- PA/05641/25 Birzebbuga: To sanction changes to garage as built from approved PB4963/90, including correction of site as marked on site plan, shifting of walls and mirror image.…
- PA/00475/20 Birzebbuga: Proposed sanctioning premises as constructed from approved permit PA/08102/17. These include shifting of internal walls, change in balcony railings and…
- PA/00796/20 Birzebbuga: To sanction apartment as built.
- PA/02155/26 Birzebbuga: Proposed development consisting of the construction of additional overlying floors on an existing apartment, including the construction of a lift shaft and…
- PA/02552/23 Birzebbuga: To convert existing structures at receded floor level into a one bedroom residential unit.
- PA/04644/23 Birzebbuga: To sanction maisonette as built. PA permit could not be traced.
- PA/04188/26 Birzebbuga: To sanction minor changes to approved PA/1649/15, proposed minor alterations to existing layouts and proposed extension at roof level. Proposal includes three…
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- PA/06366/26 Rabat: Proposed part demolition at second and third floor level and construction at first, second and third floor level.
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