S.L. 552.13 Art. 4Development applications.

(1) The development application shall only be considered as valid if it is submitted as stated below and has been published on the website of the Department of Information. The Authority shall establish such date, as from when it considers the application to be valid, as the ‘validation date’.

(2) A development application shall consist of the following:

(a) the completed application form wherein:

(i) all sections of the form shall be filled in correctly in the electronic submission. Moreover no section or question shall be left blank and where sections or questions are irrelevant, they shall be marked accordingly. Where a yes or no or similar answer is required, one of the alternatives shall be correctly selected. The original signed application form shall be retained by the who submitted the perit application and a scanned copy of the original signed application form shall be uploaded on the electronic system.

(ii) the particulars of both applicant and should perit be fully and clearly indicated, particularly the name, address, mobile number, valid e-mail address and identity card number, or passport number. Contact details of the or of the perit partnership of warrant holders as well as the warrant number of the or partnership of perit, warrant holders are obligatory;

(iii) in the case of applications that are submitted on behalf of a body corporate or by a partnership of warrant holders, an identifiable individual, duly authorised by the body corporate and, or the warranted partnership, shall take responsibility for the application on behalf of the body corporate and, or warranted partnership. Accordingly, the particulars of the individual person are still required;

(iv) unless a is submitting his own personal perit application, the applicant’s name, address, mobile number, valid e-mail address and identity card number or passport number, shall be always provided and they may not be substituted by a repetition of the perit’s contact details. In the case of a body corporate the relevant company/ partnership registration number is always to be clearly indicated;

(v) only one type of application that correctly corresponds to the proposed development shall be processed. Renewal applications shall be filed separately from any other application;

(vi) the description of the development should be clear and in detail. It should include, inter alia: - the overall type of development; - the existing and proposed use or uses; - the number and type of units (such as dwellings, garages, shops, offices); - in the case of alterations, a concise but complete summary of proposed works including a comprehensive outline of the differences between the original proposal and the new proposal; - in the case of extensions, the location and number of floors; - full details of sanctioning when an application is to sanction: Provided that proposals that contain conflicting details will not be acceptable;

(b) a full set of fully dimensioned drawings is required for all types of development. In the case of renewal development applications, re-submission of plans is not required and shall not be allowed by the electronic system. Such drawings should be clear enough to enable printing without loss of detail. All text entries contained therein should be clearly legible without the need for magnification;

(c) a most recently available correctly marked site location plan as available at the date of submission;

(d) at least three good quality colour photographs faithfully showing the current state of the site and its surroundings. The photographs shall be taken from three different angles;

(e) drawings listed with their title, date of issue and the unique reference number. Legends and perit’s dimensions on drawings should be clear and legible;

(f) mandatory site-related information;

(g) additional supplementary information which may be required; and

(h) any fees and contributions due in relation to the proposed development: Provided that if the development application is not compiled in full, the Executive Chairperson shall within two weeks from submission inform the applicant and the perit that the development application is not compiled in full. The Executive Chairperson shall allow a term not exceeding twelve weeks from the date of such notification within which the applicant shall comply to enable the validation of the application. If the applicant fails to comply, the development application and its accompanying documentation shall not be validated and no further consideration shall be given to such a development application by the Executive Chairperson, which application shall be deemed to be tacitly withdrawn by the applicant.

(3) When a screening request has been made as stated in regulation 3, the development application shall be submitted within the period established by the Executive Chairperson in the screening letter and shall consist of all the requirements indicated in sub-regulation (2) together with any updated or new documentation including studies and other requirements, as set out in the screening letter; unless the period for submission of the development application has been extended in terms of regulation 3(5)(d).

(4) The requirements established under sub-regulation (2)(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) shall apply to an mutatis mutandis outline development application. In the case of outline development applications, in lieu of sub-regulation (2)(b), appropriate drawings shall be submitted by the which shall perit contain such detail as to enable the determination of the principle of the development.

(5) The requirements established under sub-regulation (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply to the screening request.