Planning, Restrictions Building Land Permits Confiscation on Use and and Home Access Demolitions Introduction 89 at the settlement of Bet El and consists of three members including a military officer. In order to apply for a building permit, the Planning Committee generally requires documents including ownership evidence, land registration certificates, land surveys, constructions plans, etc.308 In considering applications, the Secondary Planning Committee often refers to the restrictive Special Partial Outline Plans and the antiquated RJ/5 and S/15 Regional Outline Plans.309 Section 34(1) of the Jordanian Towns, Villages, and Building Planning Law of 1966 requires a building permit for all new residential buildings, reparations, rehabilitation of buildings in rural areas, storage facilities, digging and paving of new roads, bathtubs and even air conditioning systems.310 The Law also requires a detailed planning scheme in order to grant building permits. Land registration is the key to legitimizing access to zoning and building permits. However, as explained in Chapter I, it is nearly impossible to register Palestinianowned land. Applications of registered land are more likely to succeed than an application for building permits with non-registered land. However, even if registered, the process is often cost-prohibitive and is still unlikely to succeed. Between 2000 and 2007, 94 percent of building permit applications in Area C were rejected by Israeli authorities.311 How to apply for a building permit The applicant should submit the application for a permit to the following Local Planning Offices, depending on the location of the structure: • Ramallah District: the Civil Administration in Bet El. • Hebron and Bethlehem Districts: the Civil Administration in Gush Etzion. • Tulkarm and Salfit Districts: the Civil Administration in Tulkarm. • Nablus District: the Civil Administration in Huwwara. • Jenin and Tubas Districts: the Civil Administration in Salem. • Jericho District: the Civil Administration in Bet El. 308 JLAC, Concealed Intentions: Israel’s Human Rights Violations Through the Manipulation of Zoning and Planning Laws in ‘Area C’, 20. 309 Society of St. Yves, ‘The Legal Framework - Westbank’, Society of St. Yves, Catholic Center for Human Rights, n.d.; available from http://saintyves.org.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91 %3Ademolition-legal&catid=44%3Ahouse-demolitions&Itemid=59&lang=en; accessed 23 April 2013. 310 World Bank, The Economic Effects of Restricted Access to Land in the West Bank (2008), chap. 2; available from http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/5FB13FCB4C7724AD852574EB0056BEAA; accessed 2 May 2013. 311 ARIJ, The Israeli policies in area (C): "Silent transfer of the Palestinian Population, October 2008; available from http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1592.