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Short and wide or tall and thin?
What is considered 'tall' by Mepa?
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority considers a building to be "significantly higher than the built development in its local context" and classified as "tall", thus triggering the application of the requirements of this policy framework, when it is more than twice as high as the maximum building height limitation for the locality established by the TPS or a local plan or more than 10 floors (40m) whichever is the lower, when measured from the lowest street level. These height thresholds also apply to extensions to existing buildings.
The addition of plant/equipment or any structural projection normally allowed beyond the top floor level such as penthouses or washrooms or any other architectural feature should not be taken into account when determining if a building is tall. It should be noted that defining a tall building in terms of the number of storeys could sometimes be misleading because floor to ceiling heights differ according to use. Both the number of storeys and the overall height will be used to determine if a building is "tall".