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L.N. 521 of 2010

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Environment and Planning Commission

(Types of Applications)

Regulations, 2010

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 61 of the

Environment and Development Planning Act, the Prime Minister,

after having consulted the Malta Environment and Planning

Authority, has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Environment and

Planning Commission (Types of Applications) Regulations, 2010.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 14th

December, 2010.

(1) Divisions A and B of the Environment and Planning Types of applications

Commission shall deal with different types of development to be dealt with by

permission applications as specified in sub-regulations (2) and (3) Environment and

of this regulation.

(2) Division A of the Environment and Planning

Commission shall deal with the following types of development

permission applications

(a) hotels, including extensions and additions;

(b) sports and entertainment projects with a seating

capacity for more than 200 persons;

(c) commercial projects with minimum site area

of 750m2 and with total floor space area of not less than

3,000m2 ;

(d) any industrial use or warehousing with a minimum

site area of 1,000m2 and with total minimum floor space area

of not less than 4, 000m2;

(e) hospitals;

(f) schools, including extensions and additions to such

schools;

(g)

waste, disposal, sewage treatment and recycling

plants;

(h) residential projects which form part of one complex

having not less than 30 residential units and social or public

housing projects;

(i) projects which fall within a development brief area

or within an area identified by a local plan for the preparation

of a development brief;

(j) aviation and maritime projects;

(k)

harbour works;

(l) infrastructure and utilities projects;

(m) public transport facilities and traffic management

schemes;

(n)

public health projects;

(o)

embellishment of public areas;

(p)

community centres;

(q)

public education facilities;

(r)

old people’s homes and caring institutions

(s)

places of public worship

(t) large scale distribution centres;

(u)

public museums;

(v)

telecommunication facilities;

(w) development proposed to be located outside

development zones;

(x)

development proposed to be located in a white area

which, although being located within a development zone,

has no specific designation for development;

(y) development proposed to be located in an area

regulated by villa zoning and conditions or within a design

priority area;

(z) development proposed to be located in an area

regulated by bungalow zoning and conditions;

(aa) development proposed within an urban

conservation area boundary, or village core boundary;

(bb) other development permission applications

which are not covered by any of the developments listed

in sub-regulation (3) of this regulation;

(cc) applications submitted in accordance with

the provisions of article 28 of the Development Planning

Act or article 59 of the Environment and Development

Planning Act.

(3) Except for development proposed within an

urban conservation area boundary or village core boundary, or

listed in any of the developments described in sub-regulation (2)

of this regulation, Division B of the Environment and Planning

Commission shall deal with the following types of development

permission applications

(a) development located within an existing built

up area or affecting an existing building located within a

development zone boundary;

(b) development proposed to be located within terraced

house zoning; and

(c) development in home ownership schemes.

The Development Control Commission (Types of

Applications) Regulations, 2002 are hereby revoked.

2002. €0.37