Meet the Team
Director
Cazz Redding
A strategic planner with 25 years’ experience, Cazz was a sessional member of Planning Panels Victoria for 15 years, a lecturer at RMIT in strategic planning, statutory planning and property development for 20 years, and is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia.
She is a leader in her field, having contributed to the drafting of the Victoria Planning Provisions and numerous council planning schemes. She enjoys working on complex planning projects, and finding simple, practical solutions to planning challenges. Cazz moves comfortably between big-picture visioning work and the application of detailed solutions.
Cazz devotes a significant amount of her time delivering training to planners and elected representatives to build capacity across the industry. She has developed a range of training modules that cover all elements of drafting planning schemes, strategic planning practice and planning for beginners.
Cazz actively mentors junior planners through the Planning Institute of Australia and the State Government and provides advice to not-for-profit organisations as part of her pro-bono activity.
Qualifications and memberships:
Bachelor of Planning and Design (UniMelb), Master of Environment and Planning (RMIT), Fellow Planning Institute of Australia, Member Victorian Environment and Planning Law Association.
Consultant
Alexandra Sinickas
Alex is an experienced engineer with a background in project management, design, planning, digital, natural hazard and risk engineering across the built environment and health sectors.
Qualifications and memberships
Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne), Master of Applied Science (University of Calgary). Registered Engineer with Engineers Australia.
Cazz is one of the most experienced planners working in Victoria. Her knowledge of the planning system and its practical application gives her an ability to develop policy and ensure it can be effectively implemented.
Executive Director, Department of Transport and Planning.