Professional Knowledge

Town-plan support at national scale: what it takes to advance 100,000 housing units

The role of surveying, cadastre and appraisal in housing town plans — from the base map to registration in the land registry.

A good town plan starts with the right map and ends with a clean registration. Between the two lies a chain of professional work — and each link matters to the planning pace.

1. Base map and survey

Accurate surveying and photogrammetric mapping of the plan area — including surveys in open areas and a site surveyor for the town-plan phase.

2. Compilation and boundary reconstruction

Merging existing plans and reconstructing the boundaries of blocks and parcels, including ownership plans.

3. Allocation and balancing tables

Area calculations for allocation and balancing tables, which are the basis for the appraiser’s work.

4. Registration plans and registration

Preparing registration plans, including 3D, approving them with the Survey of Israel and registering them in the land registry.

The scale in practice

Hetz Hazafon supports over 100,000 housing units for the Israel Land Authority in communities nationwide — from Kiryat Gat, Ofakim, Beer Sheva and Arad in the south, through Modi’in, Hod HaSharon and Netanya in the centre, to Nahariya, Akko, Safed and Shfaram in the north. It also supports urban-renewal complexes for the Urban Renewal Authority and development sites for the Ministry of Construction & Housing.

Town plansUrban renewalLand registration