Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2025

L.N. 85 of 2025

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 552)

Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 55 of the

Development Planning Act, the Executive Council, with the approval

of the Minister responsible for the Planning Authority, has made the

following order:-

The title of this order is the Development Notification Citation.

(Amendment) Order, 2025 and this order shall be read and construed

as one with the Development Notification Order, hereinafter referred S.L. 552.08.

to as the "principal order".

In article 3(5)(a) of the principal order the words "by Class Amends article

3 and Class 16 of Schedule I" shall be substituted by the words "by 3 principal

Class 3 of Schedule I".

Article 5(5)(a) of the principal order shall be amended as Amends article

5 of the

principal order.

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i) thereof the figure "16," shall be

deleted;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (ii) thereof the figure "16," shall be

deleted.

Schedule I of the principal order shall be amended as

Schedule I to

the principal

order.

(a)

in the Index thereof item Class 16 shall be deleted;

(b)

item Class 16 thereof shall be deleted;

(c) item Class 24 in Schedule I thereof shall be

substituted by the following new item

"Class 24 Greening projects by Government

agencies, Local Councils and other entities appointed by

them

(a) The formation of urban greening projects

within the development zones on land designated for

public recreational use in the respective Local Plans,

including on schemed roads and public open spaces;

(b) The formation of urban greening projects

within the development zone on land designated for

any other use in the respective Local Plans;

(c) The formation of greening projects

located outside development zone on land designated

for public recreational use in the respective Local

Plans

Provided that the greening projects shall

only include the following works

(i) the installation of playground

equipment, fitness, and sports equipment, along

with art installations;

(ii) demountable installations, which

may include CCTV and lighting equipment;

(iii) vertical structures and

shading

devices, which may be accessible;

(iv) excavation

of

underground

reservoirs intended for the irrigation of the

proposed vegetation and other related uses to

greening projects;

(v) taking up of existing land surface

and resurfacing with materials such as

permeable paving blocks;

(vi) installation of flooring systems and

hard landscaping;

(vii) installation of vertical greening

structures, including against public buildings

or government owned residential blocks, but

excluding buildings which are designated or

located within scheduled areas;

(viii) installation

of

features

and

structures for the purpose of the greening

project (seating areas, security and or control

rooms, sanitary facilities, etc.);

(ix) installation of demarcation walls

and gates;

(x) interventions and planting of trees,

including the related irrigation systems;

(xi) removal of existing paved or hard-

surface areas and, or existing artificial

structures, or their replacement with soil or soft

landscaping; and

(xii) removal of redundant infrastructure

(including poles, brackets, cables, pipework,

etc.) and, or the replacement of such

infrastructure with facilities laid underground

within the foot print of existing streets or

pavements

Provided further that

(a) prior approval shall be obtained

from the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage

for sites within Urban Conservation Area,

Scheduled sites and sites within Scheduled

Building Settings;

(b) prior approval shall be obtained

from the Authority for Transport in Malta for

sites falling within the boundaries of schemed

roads;

(c) prior approval shall be obtained by

the Environment and Resources Authority;

(d) for all cases, prior approval shall be

obtained from Project Green

Provided further that for development

under this Class, the relevant provisions of the Rural

Policy and Design Guidance and all other relevant

approved plans and policies under the Act,

exceptions, conditions, restrictions, rules, limitations

and exclusions currently in force, shall not be

applicable

Provided further that development under

this class shall be subject to the notification

procedure established in sub-articles (1) and (3) of

article 5, except for where the greening project is by

Project Green.".

Schedule III of the principal Order shall be deleted.

Deletes

Schedule III of

the principal

order.

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