Where Planning Meets Policy and Place Meets Purpose
Greiss Planning
Practical town planning advice across NSW — from feasibility to approval. Know what's possible, understand the risks, and move forward with confidence.
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Practical planning experience
Greiss Planning is led by Dr George Greiss, whose experience spans local government, urban planning, civic leadership, policy and development-related decision-making.
George brings a practical understanding of how planning issues are assessed, negotiated and resolved, helping clients identify risks early, choose the right approval pathway and communicate proposals clearly.
Greiss Planning provides advice that is technically informed, commercially aware and grounded in how councils make decisions.
How Greiss Planning can help
Greiss Planning provides practical town planning advice across the key stages of property, development and approval pathways — from early feasibility through to lodgement, assessment, modification and dispute resolution.
Whether you are testing a site, preparing a development application, responding to council feedback or managing a complex planning issue, we help clarify the risks, identify the right pathway and support better planning decisions.
Planning Advice & Feasibility Assessments
Understand what may be possible before you commit time, money or design resources, with early advice on planning controls, site constraints, approval pathways and development potential.
Development Application Management & Lodgement Support
Strategic support for preparing, coordinating and lodging development applications, including documentation, consultant inputs, council liaison and assessment responses.
Statements of Environmental Effects & Planning Reports
Clear, well-structured planning reports that explain the proposal, address relevant controls and support council’s assessment of the application.
Development Consent Modifications & Conditions Review
Advice and documentation for modifying existing development consents, reviewing consent conditions and understanding the practical implications of an approval.
Planning Appeals, Expert Evidence & Dispute Resolution
Independent planning advice and expert input for refused applications, disputed conditions, complex assessment issues and court-related planning matters.
Building Information Certificate Advice & Application Support
Advice and application support for Building Information Certificate matters, including existing works, uncertain approvals, compliance issues and council correspondence.
Planning Proposals & Rezoning
Advice and documentation for planning proposals to amend zoning or development standards — from early feasibility and strategic justification through to council engagement and the Gateway process.
A clear path through the planning process
Planning matters can be difficult to navigate when the rules, risks and council expectations are not clear.
Greiss Planning helps by breaking the process into practical steps — understanding the site, identifying the planning pathway, preparing the right material and responding to issues as they arise.
Understand the site
Review the planning controls, site context and key risks.
Identify the pathway
Clarify what approvals, reports or responses may be needed.
Move forward with confidence
Prepare advice, applications or planning material that supports the next step.
Planning Insights
Research-based reflections on planning, cities, housing, governance and the policy settings that shape development outcomes.
Published articles, interviews and public commentary from Dr George Greiss on planning, civic leadership and local government.
Commentary on planning, policy and public decision-making — exploring the issues behind better places and stronger communities.
Practical planning insights drawn from project work, council processes and real-world development issues.
Selected Articles
April 28, 2023
3 minutes
Planning for Campbelltown’s Future with Knowledge, Partnership and Purpose
August 15, 2024
6 minutes
Equitable Representation and the Democratic Geography of NSW Local Government
July 18, 2023
6 minutes
NIMBYism, Spatial Inequality and the Governance of Housing Growth in Sydney
August 20, 2024
7 minutes
My Last Mayoral Minute
August 13, 2024
7 minutes
Building a Brighter Future: Persistence, Innovation and Community Spirit in Full
July 9, 2024
5 minutes
Elections, Public Debate and the Responsibility to Defend Truth in Local Democracy
Top Posts
September 25, 2023
6 minutes
Local Government’s Fair Share: Fiscal Imbalance and the Governance of Place
2 minutes
Development Application Management & Lodgement Support
2 minutes
Planning Appeals, Expert Evidence & Dispute Resolution
July 18, 2023
6 minutes
NIMBYism, Spatial Inequality and the Governance of Housing Growth in Sydney
2 minutes
Planning Appeals, Expert Evidence & Dispute Resolution
