5,000m2 logistics hub proposed on Żebbuġ ODZ

● Proposed hub will be comprised of 18 warehouses across two levels

An Outline Planning application has been filed to construct a logistics hub on land located outside the development zone in Zebbug.

The hub will be comprised of 18 warehouses across two levels, according to the application, some at basement level, and some at street level. The application also provides for an administration office, a parking facility on a separate basement level, and landscaped areas.

The application is on Triq Luret Cutajar, Zebbug, close to Wied Qirda.

The total site area, the application reads, is 5,294 square metres. According to the application diagrams, the ground floor will house nine of the warehouses, while the rest will be housed at basement level.

To give a size comparison, the maximum amount size of fuel stations being allowed through presently is 3,000 square metres.

An outline development application is a type of planning permission seeks to establish whether the scale and nature of a proposed development is acceptable in principle to the Authority. Subsequently to receiving this planning permission an applicant will require a full development permit to actually carry out the project. With this application fewer details are required, which details will be spelt out in the full development application. The outline permit will state the timeframe by when a full development permit must be submitted to the Authority. Failure to adhere to this condition will render the outline development permit null. Such a period shall not exceed five years.

This particular logistics hub application was filed at the end of June, 2018, and not much information has been given thus far in the application process. Certain authorities like the ERA do not seem to have responded with their opinions on this proposal as of yet as such documentation is not found in the application.