PA/08205/25: demolish existing building to construct 5 flats in Ghajnsielem
15, ( Gudja HOS ), Triq Filfla, Ghajnsielem
To demolish existing building to construct 5 flats including basement, ground, first, second and receded floor.
- Status
- Pending (The permission originally issued in relation to this case has later been modified in terms of Article 80 of the Development Planning Act, 2016.)
- Location
- 15, ( Gudja HOS ), Triq Filfla, Ghajnsielem
- Locality
- Ghajnsielem
- Applicant
- Matthew Buttigieg
- Perit
- Perit Deborah Busuttil
- Application type
- Full development permission
- Zone
- Within Development Zone
- Type of works
- Demolition & New Construction (Residential)
- Height
- 3 floors plus a receded floor
- Residential units
- 5
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Validated
- 17 December 2025
- Published
- 4 February 2026
- Comments close
- 6 March 2026
- Recommendation
- Refuse Permission
- Decision
- Modified as per Article 80
- Decision date
- 15 September 2026
- Permit expires
- 24 June 2031
Case details on the Planning Authority website
Plans, case officer report and decision on eapps
Planning activity around 15, ( Gudja HOS ), Triq Filfla, Ghajnsielem
118 other applications within 300 m: 78 granted, 0 refused, 11 pending. 100% of decided applications nearby were granted. Tallest granted nearby: 5 floors (PA/01772/24).
On Triq Filfla: 4 other applications, 3 granted and 0 refused; granted buildings are typically 4 floors, the tallest 4. Periti active on this street: Saviour Micallef.
Approval estimate for demolition & new construction applications like this here: about 95% (likely range 65–100%, low reliability, from 10 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/02249/23 Ghajnsielem: Alterations and extension to ground floor garage, demolish of 1st floor, reconstruct 1st floor flat and overlying 2 storey house with pool and domestic store…
- PA/00481/22 Ghajnsielem: Alterations and extension to ground floor garage demolish of first floor, reconstruct 3 storey house with pool and domestic store at roof level.
- PA/06738/25 Ghajnsielem: To replace bronze aluminium apertures with pvc apertures (blue); replacing of garage door and to sanction alterations to window in facade and front garden…
- PA/04916/23 Ghajnsielem: To extend room at roof level and to construct a one metre parapet wall to screen services.
- PA/04198/25 Ghajnsielem: To sanction existing stairwell and shift position of lift approved in PA2216/23.
- PA/00633/25 Ghajnsielem: To sanction variations from drawings approved in DN/00068/16 and PA/001908/08, including slight increase in floor area.
- PA/02653/24 Ghajnsielem: Demolition of existing dwelling, excavation and construction of basement garages with overlying 9 residential units.
- PA/03877/24 Ghajnsielem: To sanction variations from PB2294/81.
- PA/02724/25 Ghajnsielem: Excavation of site and construction of garages at basement and ground floor levels, and overlying 12 residential units.
- PA/08128/25 Ghajnsielem: Proposed sanctioning of existing changes to approved PA/03891/92.
- PA/04679/24 Ghajnsielem: To sanction minor internal and external differences from drawings approved in PA/001908/08.
- PA/02216/23 Ghajnsielem: Installation of lift in common stairwell; sanctioning of minor difference in setback at third floor level and overall configuration of Apt 5 in relation to…
- PA/06036/23 Ghajnsielem: To sanction variations from PB2294/81.
- PA/00726/22 Ghajnsielem: To carry out internal and external alterations to existing apartment at first floor level and to carry out extension to same apartment at second and receded…
- PA/06293/23 Ghajnsielem: To demolish existing dwelling and garage and to construct 6 apartments, penthouse, pool and underlying garage.
More by Deborah Busuttil
- PA/07565/26 Xaghra: To propose a washroom at receded-floor level, in lieu of PA/04051/20.
- PA/07447/26 Sliema: To demolish the existing dwelling, carry out excavation works, and construct a Class 4B shop at ground floor and basement levels, six apartments at first to…
- PA/06626/26 Xaghra: To propose excavation works and the construction of a maisonette, swimming pool and reservoir at ground-floor level, including four flats from first to…
- PA/06450/26 Marsa: Correction of the approved use of the existing premises from “garage for private cars” to the originally approved use as a “Class 5B aluminum workshop”, as…
- PA/06321/26 Xewkija: To sanction property as is.
- PA/06276/26 Sliema: To retain existing facade, to propose minor external alterations, to demolish existing rooms, to propose change of use from Class 4B shop to Class 4A office…
All applications by Deborah Busuttil
More from Matthew Buttigieg
- PA/07447/26 Sliema: To demolish the existing dwelling, carry out excavation works, and construct a Class 4B shop at ground floor and basement levels, six apartments at first to…
- PA/08031/25 Ghajnsielem: To propose extension to existing pre-1968 dwelling including the construction of a first and receded floor level and to restore the existing facade.
- PA/05876/25 Nadur: To propose internal and external alterations to pre-1968 dwelling and to propose additional floor at recessed level.
- PA/04391/25 Nadur: To excavate water reservoir.
- PA/00800/25 Marsa: To construct a Class 4B (shop) matching those adjacent to it.
- PA/06236/24 St Julians: To propose a change of use from vacant space to Class 4B and an LED Digital Advertisement Screen on the side elevation.