Updating the Planning Strategy

Each volume of the Planning Strategy must be updated at least every five years and can be amended by the Government at any time.

The most recent updates were the addition of the Greater Mount Gambier Master Plan (February 2008) and Yorke Peninsula Regional Land Use Framework (December 2007) as stand-alone volumes of the Strategy, and updated volumes of the Planning Strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide (December 2007) and the Outer Metropolitan Adelaide Region (December 2007)(these two volumes, originally published in August 2006, were updated to incorporate the new urban boundary for Adelaide, adopted on 20 December 2007).

Following those changes there are now the following five volumes in the Planning Strategy:

Further updates

Outer Metropolitan volume - South Coast Master Plan

On 11 October 2007 a draft South Coast Master Plan was released for two months of public consultation (11 October 2007 to 14 December 2007).

The Master Plan will guide the future growth and development of the South Coast region over the next 25 years. The South Coast region comprises the coastal and adjacent hinterland area from Victor Harbor to Goolwa, including the towns of Middleton and Port Elliot, as well as Hindmarsh Island.

Once finalised, it is proposed the Master Plan will become an official part of the State Government’s Planning Strategy (pursuant to section 22 of the Development Act 1993).

For more information go to: South Coast Master Plan (link to another Planning SA page).

Regional SA volume - update

The rest of the Regional SA volume is being updated on a region-by-region basis under a new approach to regional land use planning.

The Regional SA volume of the Planning Strategy (January 2003) will therefore be gradually replaced by stand-alone Regional Land Use Frameworks (one for each of the country planning regions).

This process has begun with the Yorke Peninsula Region and the development of the Yorke Peninsula Regional Land Use Framework. Draft Frameworks are currently under preparation for the Mid North, Far North and Murray-Mallee Regions.