Residential Metropolitan Development Program
Sequencing of planned residential growth in Adelaide
Contained within the Planning Strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide (at Appendix 4) is the Residential Metropolitan Development Program (RMDP) for Adelaide.
The RMDP is a 58-page document with detailed mapping providing a preferred sequencing plan for future residential growth within Adelaide's urban boundary in the short-to-medium term.
You can view the RMDP here:
- Residential Metropolitan Development Program [PDF 4.2 MB] (Appendix 4 to Metropolitan Adelaide volume of the Planning Strategy for South Australia)
The Program allocates a sequence for development of Principal Residential Development Areas within six geographical sectors of the metropolitan area:
- Outer North
- Inner North
- Inner West
- Inner East
- Inner South
- Outer South
The proposed sequence is largely determined by infrastructure: whether there is a capacity within the existing services and facilities to meet the needs of new residential developments or whether the infrastructure can be readily and logically extended as required.
Councils and state agencies will need to incorporate infrastructure and service requirements into their strategic and development plans, informed by the RMDP.
The Councils of Port Adelaide-Enfield, Charles Sturt, Onkaparinga, Playford and Gawler are identified as the key residential growth areas in metropolitan Adelaide and require significant infrastructure work; the Adelaide CBD area will also accommodate significant growth.
