FEES LEVIED FOR BUILDING PERMITS [ S.L.35.11 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 35.11 FEES LEVIED FOR BUILDING PERMITS REGULATIONS 1st January, 1988 LEGAL NOTICE 78 of 1987, as amended by Legal Notices 25 of 1988, 148 of 1990 and 407 of 2007. 1. The title of these regulations is the Fees levied for Building Permits Regulations. Title. 2. Saving the provisions of regulation 3, the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be payable to the Planning Authority in respect of the services therein mentioned. Fees for issue of building permits. 3. No additional fees indicated in item 3 of the Schedule shall be charged in respect of: Exemption. Amended by: L.N. 148 of 1990. (
- a)buildings for religious, cultural or philanthropic purposes such as churches, convents, political, social and sports clubs, and schools, and Government other than parastatal buildings; (
- b)areas roofed with temporary structures and balconies; (
- c)rooms on roofs, provided these are not intended for habitation; (
- d)staircases and lift spaces above the top floor; (
- e)home ownership scheme plots and building development areas allocated before the 31st December, 1987; (
- f)basements which are not used for habitation under houses or villas; (
- g)buildings intended for agricultural purposes such as tool sheds and farm houses which are the property of registered full-time farmers; and (
- h)buildings belonging to the Malta Development Corporation and to the Malta Freeport Corporation Limited. 4. In the assessment of the amount due, the following general considerations shall be taken: (
- a)The measurement of roofed buildings shall be based on the occupied area including the thicknesses of dividing walls and external walls, and half the thickness of party walls. The area occupied by courtyards shall be deducted from the measurement. (
- b)Verandahs shall be considered as built areas. (
- c)Staircases, lifts and other common spaces shall be considered as roofed buildings in respect of each floor. (
- d)For each building which is variably used for different purposes there shall be paid a fee in respect of each General considerations. 2 [ S.L.35.11 FEES LEVIED FOR BUILDING PERMITS part of such building as indicated in the Schedule. Renewal applications. 5. An application for the renewal of a permit, filed after the expiration of the permit and in respect of which the fees specified in these regulations were not paid, shall be considered as a new application unless the work had already been commenced. Payments. 6.
(1)The payment of additional fees indicated in item 3 of the Schedule shall apply to all applications which were filed after the 25th November, 1987, but the fee due on the filing of an application indicated in items 1 and 2 of the Schedule shall not be paid for those applications filed before the 31st December, 1987.
(2)Payment of the fee on filing of an application shall be denoted by the fixing of a postage stamp of the relative amount on the application. The stamp shall be effectively cancelled by the applicant and rendered incapable of being used for any other application or purpose. All other payments are to be made at the cash office of the Department of Works, Block A, Floriana, or at the Department’s office in Victoria, Gozo, on workdays between 8 a.m. and 12 noon. A receipt will be issued for each payment. Reimbursements. 7. The fees specified in these regulations shall not be reimbursable except for the additional fees indicated in item 3 of the Schedule in the case of the withdrawal of a permit. Transfer of permits. 8. An application for the transfer of a permit shall be considered as a new application, but no additional fees shall be paid again. Amended by: L.N. 25 of 1988. Substituted by: L.N. 407 of 2007. SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) Fees payable in respect of Permits issued by the Planning Authority € 1. On filing an application for the issue of a building permit there shall be paid a fee of ..... 2. For an application for the renewal of a permit or the submission of new plans, on the issue of the new permit there shall be paid a fee of ...... 3. On the issue of a permit, an additional fee assessed according to the work involved shall be paid as follows: Alteration Works: A. (
- i)For alteration works where no new areas are being roofed there shall be paid a fee of ........................................ (
- ii)For alteration works comprising new areas which are being roofed there shall be paid a fee of ............................ 11.65 11.65 11.65 11.65 [ S.L.35.11 FEES LEVIED FOR BUILDING PERMITS together with the fee for new works under B, C, D and E of this Schedule. New Works: B. Houses Adjacent houses: Such houses include houses which have direct access from the road such as terraced houses and maisonettes. (
- i)For not more than 200 square metres of roofed building .................................... For every square metre in excess of 200 square metres of roofed building on each floor ....................................... (
- ii)In the case of an extension roofed over in addition to an existing building, up to a total area of 200 square metres of the building as extended including the area of the existing building. For every square metre of the roofed extension ... For every square metre in excess of 200 square metres additional to an existing building ................................. C. Villas These include any construction of detached or semi-detached villas even if built in areas intended for other buildings. For every square metre of roofed building on each floor ............................................... D. Flats For every square metre of roofed building on each floor ............................................... E. Commercial Buildings These include hotels, shops, offices, showrooms, factories, workshops, garages for private cars or for commercial use, entertainment localities and other commercial buildings. For every square metre of roofed building on each floor ............................................... Change of Use: F. Change of Use of Existing Building 58.23 1.16 0.29 1.16 4.66 1.16 1.75 3 4 [ S.L.35.11 FEES LEVIED FOR BUILDING PERMITS For every square metre of roofed building on each floor there shall be paid a fee equal to the difference between the fee due for a permit for the erection of a building for the use to which the building is to be changed and the fee which would have been payable had the building on the date of the application been constructed for the use being made thereof before the change.