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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

National Planning and Building Council

Power-generating solar panels on the rooftop of a house in central Israel. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Planning board sets rules for solar panels on new houses, nonresidential buildings
Panels to be mandatory for new detached homes with roofs of 100 m² and up, nonresidential buildings with roofs of 250 m² and up; energy minister: Apartment buildings next on list
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, seen on October 19, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
January 16, 2024, 10:14 am
Amid swarm of stakeholders, planners begin brainstorming how to rebuild south
Officials, architects, environmentalists, academics and others start looking at ways to bring back devastated region, with some asking whether array of groups can work together
By Sue Surkes
For Illustation: View of solar panels set up in the Negev desert, June 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 7, 2023, 12:42 pm
Israel to triple amount of open space dedicated to solar energy production
National Planning and Building Council okays Energy Ministry request for 10,000 more acres to be used for renewable electricity production; Environment Ministry opposes
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of Gamla on the Golan Heights. (AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
July 7, 2022, 6:54 pm
Planning committee approves two new Jewish villages on Golan Heights
Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, which opposed the move along with Environment Ministry and Nature Authority, argues existing communities should instead be expanded
By Sue Surkes
Boats docked at the Ashkelon marina on the southern Mediterranean coast, on August 18, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 10, 2022, 3:24 pm
Planning chief says shelved proposal for 6 new marinas to be raised again
National Planning and Building Council head says ‘people need to get organized’ ahead of plan’s return to agenda, after recent decision to only recommend 1 new marina
By Sue Surkes
A view of the ultra-Orthodox-majority city of Bnei Brak, August 06, 2019. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
May 24, 2022, 9:48 am
Looking inward: In Israeli cities, ‘densification’ seen as answer to housing demand
‘Concentrated dispersion’ – the development of existing residential areas and less urban sprawl – adopted as way forward for building across Israel
By Danielle Nagler
Boats docked at the Ashkelon marina on the southern Mediterranean coast, on August 18, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 30, 2021, 6:00 pm
Planners reject proposal for six new marinas, recommend building one, in Nahariya
Opponents warned that new marinas would limit access to already crowded beaches, cause environmental damage, and only benefit the few
By Sue Surkes
Ships seen at sunset off the coast of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on May 13, 2019. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 25, 2021, 9:48 pm
Experts: Israel has ‘no strategy’ for managing ‘lifeline’ Mediterranean Sea
Naval, planning experts tell confab that country needs laws, coordinating body, to ensure that sea, on which Israel depends for drinking water, fuel and trade, is properly managed
By Sue Surkes
Police intervene in an Extinction Rebellion protest against the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's deal with an Israeli-United Arab Emirates consortium to channel Gulf crude through Israel, from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, Ashkelon, October 17, 2021. (Screenshot)
October 17, 2021, 1:49 pm
Extinction Rebellion blocks entrance to oil pipeline company in Ashkelon
Environmental activists protest oil deal signed by Israeli state company and an Israeli-UAE consortium, as climate demonstrations are held nationwide over weekend
By Sue Surkes
Israelis protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against construction of the Reindeer private power plant in the Hasharon area of central Israel , December 15, 2019. The project was canceled in October. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2021, 1:28 pm
Controversial gas power plant approved over energy minister’s objection
Infrastructure Committee greenlights two gas plant projects that Steinitz opposes – Kesem and Meeting of Peace on the coastal plain
By Sue Surkes
Young people enjoy a hot summer's day at the Ein Lavan Spring in the Jerusalem hills, August 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 7, 2021, 10:39 pm
Planners override opposition, approve 5,000 homes on pastoral Jerusalem hill
Committee ratifies major neighborhood in unspoiled Reches Lavan; agriculture minister pledges to prevent uprooting of trees, but activists say they will appeal to courts
By Sue Surkes
Power lines next to Moshav Bnei Re'em in central Israel, April 26, 2010. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90/ File)
August 11, 2020, 8:18 pm
Government seeks to nix half of planned gas power stations as renewables rise
In move welcomed by environmentalists, Energy Ministry says advances in technology will enable it to reach 30% renewables by 2030, but notes it will still need natural gas backup
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Construction in Ashdod, March 22, 2013. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
February 20, 2020, 7:29 pm
Green building codes to become compulsory countrywide from July 2021
National Planning and Building Council subcommittee decides that codes, introduced on voluntary basis 15 years go, should apply to all construction and renovations
By Sue Surkes
A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 18, 2020, 7:54 pm
Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to bring high-speed train to Western Wall
Amman calls proposal by transportation minister a ‘flagrant violation of international law’
By ToI Staff
The Western Wall, right, and the gilded Dome of the Rock, among the holiest sites for Jews and Muslims, are covered in snow, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
February 17, 2020, 6:20 pm
Minister says he’s advancing plan to extend Tel Aviv fast train to Western Wall
Controversial proposal would require excavating over two miles of tunnel beneath downtown Jerusalem and under the politically and historically sensitive Old City
By ToI Staff
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