Galanti Sudri law office practice also in the planning and construction area- one of the most intricate areas in the legal world.
Legal consulting in the area requires a deep understanding which stretches beyond the legal world's boundaries to the realms of architecture, government and politics.
It is safe to say that the law-planning-politics triangle includes the three most important components that constitute the entire planning and construction areas ("the holy trinity"). Extensive professional knowledge in these areas and the ability to manage the three of them simultaneously ensure an enhanced qualitative response for the clients. Omitting one of these components would harm the perfection of the process, just like geometric stability that requires three bases.
The planning and construction department provides the following services:
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Litigation at the planning authorities of all levels and at criminal and administrative proceeding |
The office provides an exclusive service which integrates legal and architectural representation at the different planning authorities, starting at local planning authorities through district planning authorities and even at the National Council for Planning and Construction and its sub-committees:
- Plan approval proceedings at all levels
- Different licensure proceedings (building permits, business licenses, form 4 etc.).
- Objection proceedings at the planning authorities.
- Appeals at the different appeal committees.
- Administrative petitions related to planning and construction, including submission of
petitions to the Administrative Court and the High Court of Justice.
- Handling criminal proceedings in planning and construction charges and business
licensure charges.
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Strategically handling licensure and planning proceedings |
- Legal consulting at the stages of initiating a rezoning plan, including editing its clauses
and additional documents (memorandum, influence on the environment report,
indemnification agreement, development contract).
- Obtaining building permits, including approvals for easements and exceeding uses.
- Managing planning teams and licensure proceedings.
- Consulting and guidance on the formation of a planning-financial-legal program.
- Preparing a strategic plan which includes all the relevant aspects of the project
(regulatory issues, political issues, communicative issues, legal issues)
- Accompanying and managing the plan promotion proceeding, while providing ongoing
solutions for barriers and problems.
- Uniquely handling a beforehand ongoing assessment of risks related to the land
management, including environmental, public and communicative (public opinion)
and planning related risks.
- Preparing a report of risks and opportunities of the planning proceeding success.
- Carrying out a due diligence investigation regarding the property's condition on the
proprietary, statutory (building rights) and physical levels, including referral to the
position of the approving entities and potential antagonists.
- Reviewing rezoning possibilities or initiative of plans that might harm or threaten
the land (and clients) and managing these risks.
- Handling the prevention of plans that might harm clients' lands.
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Municipal taxation and mandatory fees |
The office provides comprehensive legal services starting as the stages of forming the plan and transaction, in order to reduce tax liability of the municipal taxation and mandatory fees, including:
- Betterment fees.
- Development fees.
- Infrastructures fees, such as road and pavement tolls.
- Sewerage fees and water tolls.
- Channeling fees.
- Property tax.
- Construction fees.
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Representation at property damage actions |
- Representation and accompanying proceedings of unification and reparcellation
and preparation of balance charts.
- Representation at damages actions according to clause 197 of the planning and
construction law, when harm was done as a result of the plan.
- Representation at land expropriation proceedings according to different expropriation
laws.
- Representation at crucial evaluation proceedings and appeals.
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Advising on land betterment |
- Representation starting at the stages of forming the project and locating the land,
preparing the planning program and desired course of betterment proceedings,
and through obtaining different approvals from the authorities (city construction
plans approvals and building permits).
- Representation of entrepreneurs or apartment owners in proceedings according
to NOP 38.
- Representation of entrepreneurs or apartment owners in urban renewal proceedings
(gentrification).
- Representation of entrepreneurs or land owners in land betterment proceedings
(rezoning, reinforcement of rights, exceeding use).
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