The Haifa District Planning and Building Committee has decided to approve the overall master plan for the city of Umm al-Fahm, the largest Arab city in the Haifa district. The plan covers an area of approximately 26,380 dunams and includes an addition of 22,000 housing units that will provide a solution for the population of 140,000 residents. In addition, the plan doubles the area for urban development to about 15,000 dunams, an addition of about one and a half million square meters for commercial and employment areas and 800 dunams of public buildings.
It should be noted that the average minimum residential density in the locality is about 12 units. In some areas, a density of about 25 units per dunam will be allowed.
126 objections were filed to the plan. Among other things, Advocate Tawfiq Jabarin, a member of the Umm al-Fahm council, objected, claiming that the Umm al-Fahm city council did not approve the plan decided to deposit and that the district committee was not allowed to deposit the plan; His designation was changed to residential; the architect Younes Hazem, named Muhammad Faiz Mahamid, sought to regulate illegal construction;
Samir Mahamid, mayor of Umm al-Fahm, says the district committee, which approved the plan, came to greet and came out cursing: “We have filed many objections, especially regarding the industrial zone. On the face of it, it seems to me that most of our objections have been rejected. And we will take full advantage of it. “
The chairman of the Haifa District Planning and Building Committee, Itamar Ben David, stated that “the plan expresses the desires of its leadership and residents as an advanced and high-quality city. We have increased the supply of living space and preserved the status of the open spaces surrounding it for the benefit of the current generation and for the benefit of future generations. Together with the mayor, I will continue to promote and lead the planning efforts in the city. “