Alyce John­son

Expe­ri­ence

Advis­ing local author­i­ties and gov­ern­ment cor­po­ra­tions in rela­tion to:

• the avail­able enforce­ment options under the Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning and Assess­ment Act 1979 and the Pro­tec­tion of the Envi­ron­ment Oper­a­tions Act 1997 and for non-com­pli­ance with devel­op­ment con­sent and unlaw­ful build­ing work
• the valid­i­ty of orders and notices issued by Council
• approvals required by Coun­cil for upgrade works to Council’s city accommodation
• the options avail­able to appeal against deemed refusal of devel­op­ment application
• vol­un­tary plan­ning agreements
• the valid­i­ty of con­di­tions of con­sent and options to chal­lenge con­di­tions of consent
• whether a pro­posed mod­i­fi­ca­tion appli­ca­tion meets the ​“sub­stan­tial­ly the same” test under sec­tion 96 of the Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning and Assess­ment Act 1979
• whether devel­op­ment can be car­ried out under the State Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning Pol­i­cy (Exempt and Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Codes) 2008 as exempt or com­ply­ing development
• breach­es of the Her­itage Act 1977
• defend­ing an applicant’s motion
• Class 1 pro­ceed­ings against Council’s refusal/​deemed refusal to grant devel­op­ment con­sent for res­i­den­tial flat build­ings, sub­di­vi­sion, shop top hous­ing, seniors liv­ing and build­ing certificates.

Expertise

• Environment and planning law

Roles, memberships and education

• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, Sydney, 2012
• Bachelor of Law, University of Western Sydney, 2012
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Sydney, 2012
• LLB Masters Level Exchange Program, 2010