PA/06709/25: Demolition of existing hotel in Pieta
Hotel Isola Bella, Triq Clarence c/w, Triq l-Orsolini, Pieta
Demolition of existing hotel, to excavate and construct 3 levels of basement parking, construction of street level garage, sub-station, Class 4B shop and 2 maisonettes, and construction of overlying 48 apartments and 5 penthouses at receded level.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Hotel Isola Bella, Triq Clarence c/w, Triq l-Orsolini, Pieta
- Locality
- Pieta
- Applicant
- LJ Projects Ltd Attn: John Junior Ver Elst Micallef
- Perit
- Perit Elena Borg Costanzi
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Residential units
- 55
- Received
- 3 April 2025
- Validated
- 15 October 2025
- Published
- 15 October 2025
- Comments close
- 14 November 2025
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 22 June 2026
- Permit expires
- 29 July 2031
The public planning file has 53 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 Hotel Isola Bella, Triq Clarence c/w, Triq l-Orsolini, Pieta
176 other applications within 300 m: 106 granted, 6 refused, 24 pending. 95% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 8 floors (PA/00050/26).
On Triq Clarence: 11 other applications, 8 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 6 floors, the tallest 6.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 20 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/06844/23 Msida: To sanction internal and external alterations from PA/08131/19, and to sanction facade materials.
- PA/01079/22 Msida: Demolition of existing 2 residential properties and ground floor commercial premises and construction of residential units, two ground floor garages and a…
- PA/00762/23 Msida: To demolish existing maisonettes while retaining and restoring the facade and proposing a wider opening at ground floor, and 2 new window openings at first…
- PA/02022/26 Msida: Proposed internal changes to pre-1968 property.
- PA/01975/22 Msida: To change colour of balcony railings to white and to change material of facade apertures from timber to white aluminium.
- PA/04356/26 Pieta: Proposed change of use from existing pre-1968 commercial premises to Class 4D including interconnection to property approved as per PA/2022/26.
- PA/07714/24 Msida: Change of use of residential unit at ground floor (as approved in PA/4188/19 and PA/8680/21) to Class 4D. Application to include extension at first floor and…
- PA/05509/26 Pieta: To demolish existing terraced houses and proposed construction of one Class 4B shop (including non-illuminated signage), garage at ground floor, 10 one…
- PA/01613/23 Msida: To sanction alterations to layout as approved with PA1170/06.
- PA/01806/26 Msida: To sanction extension at first floor and alterations to facades with changes from approved PA/8680/21.
- PA/04774/26 Msida: To demolish existing dwellings, to excavate and to construct 11 residential units and a shop (Class 4B).
- PA/05368/23 Msida: Proposed change of use of class 4b shop to class 4c coffee shop, conversion of existing storage into coffee shop seating area, and change of use from offices…
- PA/03487/26 Msida: Proposed change of use from a domestic store to a Class 4B shop, together with the sanctioning of a blocked-up doorway and the construction of a w.c.
- PA/00957/22 Pieta: Change of use from Netcafe to Pizzeria Takeaway, proposed signage, and minor alterations.
- PA/00943/24 Pieta: To sanction property as built, proposed development of existing airspace at fifth floor level and extension of fourth floor level to propose two separate one…
More by Elena Borg Costanzi
- PA/07721/26 Sliema: To develop existing airspace into 2 apartments and to alter some back areas in the existing house to accommodate a further two apartments, adding up to a…
- PA/07477/26 Sliema: Restoration of facades and non-illuminated sign to Class 4A offices on both streets.
- PA/07292/26 Balzan: Introduction of wall lining (low height) at ground floor and first floor, split level at ground floor and to include a small basement discovered during the…
- PA/07044/26 Pembroke: Demolition of existing dwelling, excavation and construction of basement garages, and overlying four apartments and a penthouse at receded level.
- PA/06795/26 Swieqi: To excavate and construct semi-basement garages, Class 4B retail shop including sign and secondary access to garages approved in PA/02370/16, 8 overlying…
- PA/06752/26 St Julians: Proposed facade changes to, materials, railings, and apertures.
All applications by Elena Borg Costanzi
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- PA/04536/26 Swieqi: Revised layouts of garages, flats and penthouses to those approved in permit PA/2539/25, including the change of use of two domestic stores into two private…
- PA/02370/26 Sliema: Addition of one parking space in basement levels as approved in PA/07944/22; sanctioning of lock-up garages as constructed, removal of door jambs in two…
- PA/07637/25 Swieqi: Demolition of existing villa and construction of 8 villas with underlying basements and swimming pools.
- PA/07090/25 Sliema: Sub-division of flat into two flats.
- PA/05548/25 Sliema: Demolition of the interior of two maisonettes at ground and first floors and reconstruction of a ground floor maisonette, three flats and an overlying…
- PA/02539/25 Swieqi: Revised layouts of garages, flats and penthouses to those approved in permit PA/06844/24; amalgamation of site with that of permit PA/02675/20, to provide…