PA/07420/25: Change of use of Class 1 residential in Belt Valletta

56A, Hotel San Giovanni, Triq San Gwann (also having a facade on), Triq il-Karrijiet, Belt Valletta

Change of use of Class 1 residential building approved in PA/05965/23 to a Class 3B hotel including structural alterations to form a central courtyard; erection of gypsum partitions to form rooms and bathrooms; placing of jacuzzi-type pools on the terraces of the rooms on the upper floors and enlargement of the approved swimming pool on the roof.

Status

Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)

Location

56A, Hotel San Giovanni, Triq San Gwann (also having a facade on), Triq il-Karrijiet, Belt Valletta

Locality

Belt Valletta

Applicant

Allelon Limited Attn: Dirk Hili

Perit

Perit Paul Camilleri

Application type

Full development permission

Zone

Within Development Zone

Type of works

Change of Use

Received

13 September 2025

Validated

19 November 2025

Published

19 November 2025

Comments close

19 December 2025

Recommendation

Grant Permission

Decision

Grant Permission

Decision date

9 September 2026

Permit expires

30 September 2031

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The public planning file has 59 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 56A, Hotel San Giovanni, Triq San Gwann (also having a facade on), Triq il-Karrijiet, Belt Valletta

342 other applications within 300 m: 193 granted, 15 refused, 43 pending. 93% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 6 floors (PA/04201/23).

On Triq San Gwann: 23 other applications, 9 granted and 2 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 4. Periti active on this street: David Mifsud Parker, Martin Debrincat.

Approval estimate for change of use applications like this here: about 90% (likely range 60–100%, medium reliability, from 52 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/03165/21 Belt Valletta: Change of use from Class 4B retail to Class 4C cafeteria. Status being checked, 1 m away
• PA/02835/25 Belt Valletta: Minor internal alterations and amendments to facade including installation of signage to a pre-1967 Class 4B Shop, to be re-utilized as a pharmacy Granted, validated 19 June 2025, 3 m away
• PA/01729/26 Belt Valletta: Replacement of first floor ancillary office space floor slab; introduction of intermediate floor, including minor alteration works to corner office space and… Suspended, validated 18 March 2026, 17 m away
• PA/03302/24 Belt Valletta: Installation of digital advertisement screens on facade. Refused, validated 28 August 2024, 17 m away
• PA/01464/22 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use to Class 4D, including minor internal alterations. Status being checked, 31 m away
• PA/00113/26 Belt Valletta: Change of use from Class 4B to Class 4C and proposed internal and external alterations. Granted, validated 14 January 2026, 36 m away
• PA/02313/25 Belt Valletta: To create new opening to link two Class 4B shops, including alterations to facade and the removal of the stairs/stairwell. Granted, validated 9 April 2025, 37 m away
• PA/07062/24 Belt Valletta: To sanction property as built in PA/03156/05 and to propose change of use from Class 4B to Class 4D, including internal alterations and signage. Granted, validated 16 October 2024, 42 m away
• PA/02012/22 Belt Valletta: Minor internal alteration to existing property consisting in the removal and reconstruction of new stairs. Status being checked, 45 m away
• PA/02598/25 Belt Valletta: Redesign of ground floor shop commercial front, alterations at roof level including fixing of steel stair to access a panoramic roof. Sanctioning of sign. Granted, validated 23 April 2025, 46 m away
• PA/00930/25 Belt Valletta: Alterations to common parts to construct lift shaft. Granted, validated 17 September 2025, 49 m away
• PA/04213/26 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor levels from Class 4A offices to Class 3B hotel. Alterations to the existing roof to allow for the… Suspended, validated 24 June 2026, 4 floors, 50 m away
• PA/06891/23 Belt Valletta: To dismantle steel structure at roof level, demolish offices with frontage on Republic street at third floor and construct two receded levels at 3rd floor and… Withdrawn, validated 22 November 2023, 3 floors plus a receded floor, 50 m away
• PA/06535/23 Belt Valletta: It is proposed to create a third floor dedicated to Class 4A Offices above the existing second floor level and generally within the existing volume of the… Granted, validated 1 November 2023, 4 floors, 50 m away
• PA/00299/23 Belt Valletta: At ground floor to create a unified Class 4B shop, a new common area with staircase and lifts at all levels, proposed change of use from Class 4B to Class 4A… Granted, validated 1 February 2023, 50 m away

More by Paul Camilleri

• PA/07675/26 Gzira: Splitting up of duplex apartment into two separate apartments including related alterations and sanctioning of variations from permit PA/01144/19. Pending
• PA/07644/26 Belt Valletta: Sanctioning of the removal of the original deteriorated rendering and peeling paint of the facades and the re-rendering and re-painting thereof to exactly the… Pending
• PA/07626/26 San Pawl il-Bahar: Partial demolition of first floor maisonette, converting it into a flat and the construction of an additional overlying three flats and a duplex penthouse. Pending, 5 floors plus a receded floor
• PA/07224/26 Marsaskala: Sanctioning of the existing layout of Class 4B shop (licensed as an ironmongery) layout and correction of site from that approved in permit PB/5149/81 and… Pending, validated 21 October 2026
• PA/07197/26 Zurrieq: Change of use of Class 4C snack bar to Class 4D restaurant. Pending, validated 21 October 2026
• PA/07188/26 Marsaxlokk: Minor alterations to semi-detached villa as approved in permit PA/03184/20 and sanctioning of other alterations which have been carried out. Pending, validated 21 October 2026

All applications by Paul Camilleri

More from Allelon Ltd

• PA/02555/26 Belt Valletta: Change of use of the existing building to a Class 3B Hotel, including its incorporation as an extension to the approved 4-star hotel (PA/3563/22), internal… Granted, validated 29 April 2026, 6 floors
• PA/03302/25 Belt Valletta: Change of use from residential to Class 4A. Proposal relates to the introduction of a light-weight partition. Granted, validated 21 May 2025
• PA/02824/25 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from existing residential and commercial to Class 3B hotel. Proposal includes internal and external alterations, removal of backfill at… Granted, validated 7 May 2025, 3 floors plus a receded floor
• PA/05615/24 Belt Valletta: Proposed change of use from existing residential building to Class 3B hotel. Proposal includes internal and external alterations. Granted, validated 28 August 2024
• PA/00345/24 Belt Valletta: Proposed minor modifications to PA/6191/22 including the change of use from an existing dwelling (maisonette) Class 1 to Class 3A, within the same footprint… Granted, validated 24 January 2024
• PA/01959/21 Belt Valletta: Structural alterations to existing residential units, including replacement of dangerous structural elements and removal of accretions, and construction of… Status being checked

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