Planning and Zoning

Whether obtaining the local authority’s approval or overcoming objections to plans to develop all types of real estate and infrastructure projects, there really is no substitute for experience. Ranked in Tier 1 in Planning and Zoning in global legal directory Legal 500, we have worked hard to earn our national reputation as one of the elite specialist groups in planning and zoning.

With experience spanning multiple decades, our wealth of planning and zoning expertise sees us advise on all aspects of multiple projects, from residential, urban renewal and National Outline Plan 38 (TAMA 38), commercial, senior housing and other projects that are transforming the Israeli landscape. We are also trusted by clients to obtain the green light for highways, infrastructure and large-scale renewable energy projects.

With expertise in designating and thawing of agricultural land for construction and development, we handle the full gamut of of licensing procedures and applications for building permits, facilitations and overuse in a variety of areas, including NOP 38 and urban renewal.

In order to do this, our lawyers are involved from the preliminary zoning and planning aspects (such as representation before zoning, planning and building committees, and a variety of legal proceedings, including administrative petitions and appeals to the Supreme Court), through the civil-commercial aspects (such as the handling of land disputes), and through to any criminal aspects pertaining to building code violations, non-conforming uses, and so on.

Legal advice in this field is provided to a broad range of clients, and includes the handling of plans, objections and hearings in local committees, filing of appeals with appeals committees, proceedings before district committees, administrative petitions and appeals to the High Court of Justice and Supreme Court.

Furthermore, clients benefit from our 360-degree understanding of the planning and zoning processes and how the local authorities work, as we also represent a number of local authorities in planning and construction matters, with particular expertise in betterment levies, development fees and other levies.

As such, we win the confidence of some of Israel’s largest companies and developers in relation to their complex construction plans and transactions, guiding them through the promotion of the plan, site-specific plans, master plans in areas such as housing, offices, and infrastructure (desalination plants, railways, gas facilities) and we also handle the zoning and administrative aspects of projects for gas companies, and much more.