Planning Panel Boundaries and Members
Southern Regional Planning Panel
The Chair of the Southern Regional Planning Panel is Chris Wilson.
Chair
Chris Wilson
Chris has over 34 years of planning experience in both the private and public sectors.
He has a strong record for delivering strategic advice to government, industry, and the wider community on major projects, environmental impact assessment, and land use planning matters.
Chris has also served as a member of the Independent Planning Commission.
State Members
Grant Christmas
Grant is an experienced and respected solicitor and former town planner who has practised for over 30 years in the areas of local government administration, town planning, environmental assessment and planning and environmental law.
Grant is the principal of the boutique law firm, Apex Planning and Environment Law in Brookvale NSW. Grant is currently the Alternate Chair of Bayside and Hawkesbury Local Planning Panels. Grant also sits as an expert member on the Wollondilly and Wollongong Local Planning Panels.
Grant holds a Bachelor of Town Planning from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Technology Sydney. He is an accredited specialist in local government and planning law as awarded by the Law Society of NSW and is currently a Member of the Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Committee (Planning and Environment).
Juliet Grant
Juliet is a respected and experienced planner with 30 years of strategic and statutory experience in local and state government and the consulting environment. She has a deep knowledge of the political, policy and legislative environment and an in depth understanding of government processes and how to apply them.
Juliet is immediate past President of the Planning Institute of Australia’s NSW Division and is a Fellow of PIA and Registered Planner with accreditation under the NSW Government Registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner (REAP) Scheme.
Juliet is a Commissioner on the Independent Planning Commission. Juliet was previously a state appointed expert member on the Hunter and Central Coast Planning Panel (2019-2022) and has served as an expert member on multiple Local Planning Panels.