Determination) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

L.N. 1 of 2026

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 552)

Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their

Determination) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 84 and 85 of

the Development Planning Act, the Minister responsible for the

Planning Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Development Planning Citation.

(Procedure for Applications and their Determination) Amendment

Regulations, 2026 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and S.L. 552.13.

their Determination) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations immediately after Amends

the definition "internal consultee" there shall be added the following regulation

the principal

new definition

regulations.

" "legally established greenhouses" means existing

greenhouses either covered by a development permit or visible

on the 1978 aerial photographs and which are both cases still in

operation;".

Immediately after item Type 12 in Schedule 2 to the Amends

Schedule 2 to

principal regulations there shall be added the following new item

the principal

regulations.

"Type 13 Developments related solely to renewable energy

projects or solely to renewable energy installations on legally

established greenhouses

1. Offshore renewable energy projects located inside areas

allocated by Government for renewable energy and subject to prior

clearances from the Civil Aviation Directorate within the Authority for

Transport in Malta, the Regulator for Energy and Water Services, the

Authority for Transport in Malta, Environment and Resources

Authority, the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the

Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.

2. Onshore solar renewable energy projects located within sites

as defined in the Solar Farms Policy and subject to prior clearances from

the Civil Aviation Directorate within the Authority for Transport in

Malta, the Regulator for Energy and Water Services, the Environment

and Resources Authority and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage

for sites within scheduled property and sites within scheduled building

settings, except for onshore non-solar renewable projects.

3. Renewable energy installations only and on legally

established greenhouses subject to consultation with Agricultural

Advisory Committee within the period stipulated in regulation

11(2)(b).".

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