PA/08174/25: carry out alterations in Rabat
L-Ghabex, Hofra ta' Ritz, Limiti tar-, Rabat
To carry out alterations, demolition and additions to existing rural structure within Category 3 Rural Settlement, so as to convert them to a residential unit. To excavate site to required levels, to construct underground water reservoir and cesspit.
- Status
- Granted (This application has been approved by Planning Board / Commission.)
- Location
- L-Ghabex, Hofra ta' Ritz, Limiti tar-, Rabat
- Locality
- Rabat
- Applicant
- Deo Josef Gauci
- Perit
- Perit Charles Buhagiar
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Outside Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Residential units
- 1
- Received
- 17 September 2025
- Validated
- 17 December 2025
- Published
- 17 December 2025
- Comments close
- 26 January 2026
- Recommendation
- Grant Permission
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 6 May 2026
- Permit expires
- 20 May 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around L-Ghabex, Hofra ta' Ritz, Limiti tar-, Rabat
2 other applications on the same street: 0 granted, 1 refused, 0 pending.
On Hofra ta' Ritz: 2 other applications, 0 granted and 1 refused.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 0 comparable decisions nearby). Outside the development zone, where approvals are harder. 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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