Planning Panel Boundaries and Members
Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel
The Chair of the Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel is Carl Scully.
Chair
The Hon Carl Scully is a former member of the NSW Parliament (1990 – 2007) and from 1995 to 2006 held various Ministerial portfolios, including Roads, Transport, Housing, Police and Leader of the House. From 2007-2015 Carl worked for WorleyParsons in a local consulting role and then for several years in a semi-global business development role, primarily in Africa. Since late 2015 he has been semi-retired.
During his tenure in Government, Carl was responsible for the planning and delivery of several major infrastructure projects, including the Eastern Distributor, the Cross-City Tunnel, the M5, the M7 and the Lane Cove Tunnel Motorways and the Epping to Chatswood rail link. He was also responsible for implementing numerous key policy reforms and the planning and delivery of transport logistics for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Carl was a solicitor from 1983 until 1989 and was Chair of the NSW Mining Safety Advisory Council from 2015 to 2018 and has been Chair of the Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel since January 2018.
State Members
Alice Spizzo
Alice’s extensive and wide-ranging experience brings a valuable perspective to the planning system. Alice works with government, business and NGOs in a range of projects involving approvals, licences, heritage, infrastructure, biodiversity, affordable housing, aged care, dispute resolution, governance and risk.
Alice’s career spans government and the housing and development industry as a lawyer, policy adviser, senior executive and ministerial adviser, including Chief of Staff. She represented the NSW Government on the Building Code of Australia Board and the Department of Planning on the Honeysuckle Development Corporation Board.
Alice is the Chair of the NSW Women’s Housing Company, a Community Housing Provider of housing and homelessness services for women in NSW. Alice is also a Board member of the Homes Tasmania Authority which has been established by the Tasmanian Government to provide and manage housing in Tasmania.
Alice has a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts, holds a Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Alice is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.