Welcome

to Rhodes

Planning

Advisors.

On the way to

a solution you

want the short

cut, not the

scenic route.

There's something so grounding about the idea of walking through challenges together, isn't there? It’s like the journey becomes less daunting when you’ve got someone there to share it with. When you're lost in the complexities of your challenges, we provide the clarity and expertise to lead you out of the woods. Our experienced team helps you navigate through uncertainty, guiding you toward clear solutions and brighter outcomes. We turn confusion into direction, making your path to success straightforward and achievable. It all feels much lighter with the right expertise on your side.

Like a beacon cutting

through the trees,

showing you

the safest and fastest way out.

Our expertise cuts through the darkness, guiding you past the trees, straight into the light.

Alex Rhodes

Our wealth of experience and personal approach simply lead you faster to where you’d rather be.

Our personal approach is the key to navigating from uncertainty to clarity. By tailoring solutions to your unique situation, we shine a light on the path ahead, helping you move out of the dark and into a brighter, more confident future. With personalised guidance, you can overcome obstacles and find the clear direction you need.

Navigating

you to a place

where you can

see the way

forward again.

Effective legal strategy is not solely about winning battles, but about choosing them wisely.

In a landscape where time, cost, and reputation are always at stake, true legal insight lies in recognizing when resolution serves better than confrontation. The most successful outcomes often come not from pressing every issue, but from knowing which disputes are best left alone—minimizing risk while maximizing long-term advantage.

We perceive the light long before others glimpse it, guided by a depth of insight and foresight that transcends the ordinary. While others remain encased in uncertainty, We navigate the complexities with clarity, offering not just solutions but a vision of what lies ahead.

In this way, we lead you with a confidence

born of experience, ensuring that you move

with purpose where others

are still lost in the dark.

Taking a personal approach to legal services in development makes the whole process more accessible and less overwhelming. Every project comes with its own set of challenges—whether it's zoning issues, contract negotiations, or navigating permits—and having legal support by your side that really understands your specific goals can make a big difference. Instead of offering one-size-fits-all advice, a more personalized approach helps break down complex legal processes into something clear and manageable.

It also builds trust and makes communication easier, so developers, investors, and property owners can move forward with confidence, knowing they have the right support behind them.

Services

The ‘personal touch’ approach is brought to each matter, with attention to detail and the paramount objective being to find timely, practical and commercial solutions to an issue.Having accumulated a wide network of contacts in the legal and development realms here and overseas, we are well-placed to advise on consultant team- building.

Legal advice on planning and development issues.
Legal review of development consent applications prior to submission and assistance in navigating the planning system.
Liaising with consent authorities and all other consultants.
Representation in a range of litigious matters, as well as advocacy in the Land and Environment Court of NSW.
Negotiating planning conditions and obligations.
Assisting with development delivery, amendments to consents, financing and disposal.

Experience & Expertise

With over 20 years of experience in planning law across New South Wales, England and Wales, we specialise in handling a range of commercial and residential developments.

Providing strategic advice on development applications and consents.
Navigating the planning process, including in the Land and Environment Court of NSW, to obtain consent.
Reviewing development applications in order to avoid or mitigate legal and merit issues.
Negotiating planning conditions and obligations as well as associated agreements.
Assisting with scheme delivery, often requiring amendments to consents, as well as financing and property disposal.

Most recent achievements

Sydney Metro

Acting for several former owners of CBD commercial property, which was compulsorily acquired to make way for Sydney Metro, in their compensation appeals before the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales.

Various Sydney commercial & residential developers

Providing strategic advice in relation to a range of sophisticated and large scale development proposals and running their appeals in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, as well as negotiating planning conditions and obligations.

EcoWorld, London

Reviewing the planning application documents and advising on planning issues arising from the redevelopment of Griffin Park, the former home ground of Brentford Football Club, to provide mixed new housing and a community park which will be open to the public.

Stratford City

Advising Lendlease and London and Continental Railways on all aspects of securing planning permissions and negotiating highways agreements to provide the International Quarter, London. Many of the applications for these permissions were considered by the London Legacy Development Corporation’s Quality Review Panel. My work also encompassed all planning advice regarding financing, delivery and disposal of components of the site.

A high net worth individual

Obtained development consent for a high- specification residence in Northbridge. We negotiated with the council and settled the Land and Environment Court appeal prior to Court- supervised conciliation. This was a great result for the client, minimising both time and money in the appeal process.

A Sydney Hotelier