Local Authorities

Why Agmon?

  • Representation of local authorities and planning committees before the planning committees at all levels – national, district and local.
  • Representation before district planning and construction appeal committees and sub-committees of the national council.
  • Representation before committees for determining borders of jurisdiction between local authorities (border committees), committees for revenue distribution, etc.

Representative work

Represented Carmel Coast Water Association in the complex planning and licensing processes of the largest floating solar facility in Israel, from start to commencement of operations.

Represented communities of Gan Haim and Sde Warburg in the proceeding of a special investigative committee against the national infrastructure plan, which sought to establish a colossal depot in the agricultural area of Gan Haim in close proximity to residents’ homes.

Represented Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in filing an objection to a plan that applies mostly in Jerusalem, to create a level separation (a tunnel under roads and overhead intersections) between the Hadassah Ein Kerem intersection and the Givat Massuah intersection in Jerusalem (white ridge).

Represented Sdot Negev Regional Council in a number of legal proceedings concerning issues relating to local authorities, setting borders, planning and construction and more.

About the department

The department provides a professional package of services in a variety of fields of activity, including planning support, land purchase and improvement, marketing of units and/or areas, apartment house and unit registration, utilization of building rights and rezoning, obtaining bank/non-bank financing and interim financing and managing agreements with landowners/buyers and consultants.

The services include drafting opinions with respect to planning and construction, as well as representation before the planning institutions at the various levels: local planning and construction committees, district planning and construction appeal committees, district planning and construction committees, the national planning and construction council, including its sub-committees: the Sub-Committee for Fundamental Planning Issues, the Sub-Committee for Appeals and more, the Committee for the Protection of the Coastal Environment, the National Committee for the Planning and Construction of Preferred Housing Complexes and more.

Our firm also provides representation before the judicial instances that deal with planning and construction, mainly: the local affairs courts, the administrative affairs courts and the Supreme Court.

We provide expert advice and regularly counsel on all planning aspects of a variety of residential, commercial and hotel projects.

The department’s team represents different municipalities and local authorities in relation to planning, zoning, construction and other legal proceedings in the practice of real estate and construction; these authorities and municipalities include Modiin, Or Yehuda, Rishon Lezion, Holon, Netanya, Hevel Modiin, Mateh Yehuda, Ness Ziona, Savion and Neot Hovav.

The department is headed by two senior attorneys in the area of planning and construction, Avi Porten and Eyal Mamo – both of whom held senior positions in the planning institutions in Israel and have a long track record as key players in this field.

Avi Porten managed the area of planning and construction in the law office of the Ministry of the Interior and served for years as the legal advisor to the National Council for Planning and Construction and in a variety of other senior positions in institutions and planning committees.

Eyal Mamo served for many years as the chairman of the district planning and construction appeal committee of the central district; he lectures on planning and construction law and is the editor of one of the most important and respected books in this field, Planning and Construction Law.

In addition, for about a decade, Eyal has been leading the annual central planning and construction conference, which is a magnet for the community of planning and construction, real estate and urban renewal in Israel. Hundreds of guests attend the conference every year, including government representatives, mayors and heads of local councils, ministers, attorneys, architects, engineers, city builders, city planners, and more.

The department provides a professional package of services in a variety of fields of activity, including planning support, land purchase and improvement, marketing of units and/or areas, apartment house and unit registration, utilization of building rights and rezoning, obtaining bank/non-bank financing and interim financing and managing agreements with landowners/buyers and consultants.

The services include drafting opinions with respect to planning and construction, as well as representation before the planning institutions at the various levels: local planning and construction committees, district planning and construction appeal committees, district planning and construction committees, the national planning and construction council, including its sub-committees: the Sub-Committee for Fundamental Planning Issues, the Sub-Committee for Appeals and more, the Committee for the Protection of the Coastal Environment, the National Committee for the Planning and Construction of Preferred Housing Complexes and more.

Our firm also provides representation before the judicial instances that deal with planning and construction, mainly: the local affairs courts, the administrative affairs courts and the Supreme Court.

We provide expert advice and regularly counsel on all planning aspects of a variety of residential, commercial and hotel projects.

The department’s team represents different municipalities and local authorities in relation to planning, zoning, construction and other legal proceedings in the practice of real estate and construction; these authorities and municipalities include Modiin, Or Yehuda, Rishon Lezion, Holon, Netanya, Hevel Modiin, Mateh Yehuda, Ness Ziona, Savion and Neot Hovav.

The department is headed by two senior attorneys in the area of planning and construction, Avi Porten and Eyal Mamo – both of whom held senior positions in the planning institutions in Israel and have a long track record as key players in this field.

Avi Porten managed the area of planning and construction in the law office of the Ministry of the Interior and served for years as the legal advisor to the National Council for Planning and Construction and in a variety of other senior positions in institutions and planning committees.

Eyal Mamo served for many years as the chairman of the district planning and construction appeal committee of the central district; he lectures on planning and construction law and is the editor of one of the most important and respected books in this field, Planning and Construction Law.

In addition, for about a decade, Eyal has been leading the annual central planning and construction conference, which is a magnet for the community of planning and construction, real estate and urban renewal in Israel. Hundreds of guests attend the conference every year, including government representatives, mayors and heads of local councils, ministers, attorneys, architects, engineers, city builders, city planners, and more.