PA/07871/22: Change in the configuration of apartments and in Birkirkara
Hope & 63 Ave Maria, Triq il-Ferrovija l-Qadima, Birkirkara
Change in the configuration of apartments and garages from that approved in PA6501/21 and to demolish adjacent terraced house. Development of two small blocks of apartments while keeping the same building height. The new proposal includes two maisonettes, nine apartments and two penthouses.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- Hope & 63 Ave Maria, Triq il-Ferrovija l-Qadima, Birkirkara
- Locality
- Birkirkara
- Applicant
- FPM Developments Ltd Attn: Mr Francis Spiteri
- Perit
- Perit Benny Cortis
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Residential units
- 13
- Received
- 16 November 2022
- Validated
- 22 February 2023
- Published
- 1 March 2023
- Comments close
- 3 April 2023
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 13 September 2023
- Permit expires
- 27 September 2028
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around Hope & 63 Ave Maria, Triq il-Ferrovija l-Qadima, Birkirkara
126 other applications within 300 m: 88 granted, 1 refused, 13 pending. 99% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/05812/25).
On Triq il-Ferrovija l-Qadima: 14 other applications, 10 granted and 0 refused. Periti active on this street: Sapienza & Sullivan, Bezzina & Cole Architects & Engineers, Brian Ebejer.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 21 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.
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