hierarchical planning system in israel (lesson 2)

Question 1

What are the 5 roles of the National Council?

Answer 1

1. Advises the government on matters of legislation, regulations and the establishment of new settlements. (section 2a).
2. Approval of a district outline plan (50)
3. Appeal committee on plans under district authority and on local outline plans (made by the district)
4. Preparation of national outline plans (TMA) (Section 50)
5. Is a connecting factor between the district committee and the government

Question 2

What are the 5 roles of the District Council?

Answer 2

1. Prepares and submits district outline plans (to the national council)
2. Approval of detailed plans
3. Approval of a local outline plan
4. Appeal committee and sub-committee for appeals on the decisions of the local committee
5. Subcommittee for objections

Question 3

What are the 4 roles of the Local Council?

Answer 3

1. Ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Planning and Construction Law
2. Prepares and submits local outline plans (to the district committee)
3. Prepares or adopts detailed plans
4. Serves as an appeal committee for a licensing authority

Question 4

How many members is the National Council composed of?

Answer 4

36 members + various advisors

Question 5

Who are the 36 members and advisors of the National Council? (hint: 6 groups)

Answer 5

36 members (+ various advisors):
1.Minister of Finance (Chairman) and his representative
2. Rep of the Ministry of Housing
3. Director of the Nature and Parks Authority
4. Government reps (13)
5. Local government reps (11)
6. Public reps from the diverse population (8)

Question 6

How many members is the District Council composed of?

Answer 6

18 members (article 7)

Question 7

Who are the 18 members of the District Council? (hint: 3 groups)

Answer 7

18 members (Article 7):
1. Representatives of ministers - 11 (the rep of the Minister of Finance is the chairman of the committee)
2. Representatives of local authorities in the district - 5
3. Public representatives - 2(environmentalists and architects)

Question 8

If the Local Council is made up of 1 authority, who is it?

Answer 8

Chairman of the committee - the head of the local authority

Question 9

If the Local Council is made up of more than 1 authority, who are they?

Answer 9

The chairman of the committee is a representative appointed by the Minister of Finance,

Question 10

If the Local Council is made up of more than one authority and one is large, how many members are there?

Answer 10

More than one authority, and one of them is large: it will include 17 members from the authorities’ representatives

Question 11

What are the 5 subcommittees of the National Council?

Answer 11

1. HOTAL (הות”ל)- The Committee for National Infrastructures
2. HOLHOF הולחו”ף - The Committee for the Protection of the Coastal Environment (and abroad)
3. LKHASHAF (ולקחש”פ) - The Committee for the Protection of Agricultural Land and Open Areas
4. HOLANTA3 / (הולנת”ע) - The Subcommittee for Fundamental Planning Issues.
5. HOTML (הותמ”ל)- The Committee for the Planning and Construction of Preferred Housing Complexes

Question 12

What is the subcommittee for the District Council?

Answer 12

Subcommittee for Objections (Article 11)

A district appeals committee (each district has one, handles everything related to the decisions of the local committee, appeals on spatial guidelines, compensations and improvement levies) - Section 12 of the law.

Question 13

What is the subcommittee for the Local Council?

Answer 13

Licensing authority - a body that issues/signs construction permits, will include the local committee engineer together with the chairman of the local committee, or the chairman of a sub-committee. The goal is to deal with small issues that have no reason to delay them.