Faster Assessment & Approvals

 

As part of the Planning Reforms 2008 package, the State Government is cutting red tape to simplify and speed the approval processes for a wide range of residential building matters.

This will provide major time- and cost-savings for South Australian families and for business.

The Government is taking a four-pronged approach:

1. Expanding exempt development (matters which require no development assessment or approval)
2. Creating a new ‘Building Consent only’ list for minor home improvements (20 day building approvals)
3. Creating a new Residential Development Code to speed planning approvals for major alterations and additions to existing homes and for new dwellings which meet the Code (10 day planning consent and overall 30 day approvals)
4. Speeding assessment processes for merit approval

These initiatives will have a major impact on reducing the time required to gain an approval to build or improve a home.

More detail is available in the following documents and in the other pages in this section (use the links, above).

Draft Residential Development Code

Draft lists of matters to be on the ‘Exempt’ and ‘Building Consent Only’ lists have been released together with a Draft of the Residential Development Code for testing and comment until 12 September 2008. The lists appear as Appendices in the Discussion Draft of the Code.

These lists will be finalised in October, with the new ‘Exempt’ list expected to come into effect from 1 January 2009 and the ‘Building Consent Only’ list expected to come into effect from 1 March 2009. Stage 1 of the Code expected to be active from 1 March 2009. Further consultation on subsequent stages of the Code’s implementation will occur later.

Comment on the Draft lists and Code should be provided in writing and submitted to:

Submissions should be received by Friday 12 September 2008.

Contact 

Further information is available at www.planning.sa.gov.au/go/draftresidentialcode or by phoning (08) 8303 0783