PA/07400/26: demolish existing building in Ghaxaq

249 / 251, Doran, Triq Santa Marija, Ghaxaq

To demolish existing building, to excavate 3 basement levels and construct 5 story apartment building with pools at ground floor and roof level.

Status

Pending (Awaiting Recommendation)

Location

249 / 251, Doran, Triq Santa Marija, Ghaxaq

Locality

Ghaxaq

Applicant

Quality Developments Ltd Attn: Glen Farrugia

Perit

Perit Joseph Bondin

Application type

Full development permission

Zone

Within Development Zone

Type of works

Demolition & New Construction (Residential)

Height

5 floors

Received

15 September 2026

Validated

28 October 2026

Published

28 October 2026

Comments close

27 November 2026

The public planning file has 13 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 249 / 251, Doran, Triq Santa Marija, Ghaxaq

112 other applications within 300 m: 74 granted, 0 refused, 10 pending. 100% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/05806/25).

On Triq Santa Marija: 28 other applications, 21 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 3 floors, the tallest 5. Periti active on this street: Chris Cachia, JBA Periti, Marvin Ellul, Wayne Scerri.

Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 13 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/00069/25 Ghaxaq: To demolish the rear part, change use from Class 4B shop to private car garage and create a garage opening. To extend the ground floor, construct the first… Granted, validated 15 January 2025, 2 floors plus a receded floor, 16 m away
• PA/07205/24 Ghaxaq: Demolition of accretions at back of dwelling. To retain facade, internal alterations, construction of first floor and receded washrooms, and to convert from… Granted, validated 23 October 2024, 2 floors plus a receded floor, 24 m away
• PA/07722/26 Ghaxaq: Proposed minor extension of rooms at roof level for 2 adjacent dwellings approved in PA7205/24 (Demolition of accretions at back of dwelling. To retain… Pending, 2 floors plus a receded floor, 24 m away
• PA/03449/22 Ghaxaq: To amalgamate two adjacent vacant dwellings, alterations and extension to create one residential unit. Status being checked, 38 m away
• PA/06329/24 Ghaxaq: Proposed removal of deteriorated ceilings, extension to second floor level and minor internal alterations. Granted, validated 3 December 2024, 3 floors, 45 m away
• PA/03281/26 Ghaxaq: To construct a steel spiral staircase in the back terrace and a chimney flue at roof level of penthouse C8. Granted, validated 14 July 2026, 46 m away
• PA/02353/26 Ghaxaq: To sanction as built variations to the elevation from approved PA/2482/97, and proposed replacement of apertures. Granted, validated 9 June 2026, 51 m away
• PA/08068/25 Ghaxaq: To construct a steel spiral staircase in the back terrace of penthouse C9. The approved drawings for penthouse C9 are under PA/02426/21 and PA/06097/17, and… Granted, validated 11 January 2026, 52 m away
• PA/02426/21 Ghaxaq: Changes in layout of basement levels, minor alterations at all levels and changes in back façade, from that approved in permission PA/06097/17 Status being checked, 60 m away
• PA/02974/22 Ghaxaq: To sanction the change of roof slab material from timber beams and soft stone slabs to reinforced concrete in pre-1968 dwelling. Status being checked, 64 m away
• PA/05050/23 Ghaxaq: To sanction changes in an existing terraced house, which was approved in PA2230/20. Changes include mainly an increase in plot length and different backyard… Granted, validated 10 October 2023, 65 m away
• PA/00926/22 Ghaxaq: To construct box room and to sanction variations from PB1222/86. Sanctioning mainly includes re-position of walls, doors and windows following new survey.… Status being checked, 80 m away
• PA/07811/24 Ghaxaq: Proposed demolition of rooms, alterations to a townhouse and construction of an additional floor. Granted, validated 13 November 2024, 87 m away
• PA/07429/23 Ghaxaq: Alterations to existing townhouse and additions including second floor and receded at third floor level. Granted, validated 12 December 2023, 3 floors plus a receded floor, 88 m away
• PA/00326/25 Ghaxaq: Proposed part demolition and internal alterations at ground, first floor and roof and construction of 3 additional units. Granted, validated 13 March 2025, 89 m away

More by Joseph Bondin

• PA/07614/26 St Julians: Proposed changes in layout to approved Class 3B hotel in PA/2151/23, changes include merging of property to existing hotel approved in PA/6725/20. Proposal… Pending
• PA/07580/26 Mosta: Proposed demolition of existing townhouse and change of use from Class 1 residential to construct Class 3A five-storey guesthouse comprising a total of 18… Pending, 5 floors plus a receded floor
• PA/07514/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Proposed change of use at first floor level from Class 4A offices to Class 2C educational institution for foreign students coming over to Malta for… Pending, validated 28 October 2026
• PA/07349/26 Birkirkara: Proposed alterations and correction of site following survey as built for levels which have been approved by planning applications PA/2035/20 and PA/4006/22.… Pending, validated 28 October 2026
• PA/07300/26 Qormi: Proposed demolition of existing building, excavation of 3 basement levels for parking and construction of six levels building including showroom Class 4B,… Pending, validated 21 October 2026, 6 floors
• PA/07155/26 Zabbar: Proposed sanctioning as built and proposed alterations from approved PA/01351/10 and variations from the official building alignment. Proposed demolition of… Pending, validated 14 October 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor

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• PA/05158/26 Mosta: To excavate and construct an underground reservoir, 1 basement level of garages, 3 maisonettes at ground floor level, 12 apartments from 1st to 3rd floor and… Pending, validated 29 July 2026, 4 floors plus a receded floor
• PA/07788/25 Mosta: Proposed minor alterations to the recessed floor at level 4 and the roof level, as approved by PA1729/25. The alterations consist of the demolition and… Granted, validated 13 January 2026
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