In 1995/6 the Government was allowing Councils to submit proposals for changes to their Development Plans to create Historic (Conservation) Zones, where appropriate, and to nominate items of Local Heritage and Contributory Heritage significance. There was a general acceptance by Councillors for Historic (Conservation) Zones in 1st to 6th Avenues, but lesser support for 7th and 8th, partly because of some inconsistency with newer dwellings between the older ones.

The addition of 7th and 8th Avenues to the Heritage Area Overlay as proposed by this motion will help to ensure that what is built will complement the historic homes and protect the remaining historic dwellings worthy of being protected.  

SPRA can report that Cr Moorhouse's motion was unanimously supported by the councillors

Development Application - Closes 20 June 2025

The proposed redevelopment of the Adelaide Caravan Park, located in Hackney is now open for public comment. Submissions close on 20th June 2025.

The development is described as Torrens Title Land Division creating 47, construction of a six-storey mixed-use building and associated public roads.

As part of this the partial demolition of 2 Local Heritage Places and a change of use to detached dwellings is planned.

There are several changes that are proposed in the Draft Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment, and the St Peters Residents Association Inc (SPRA) would like the following comments to be taken into consideration.

SPRA considers that the scale of development envisaged in the policies proposed is significantly at odds with existing and desired character across much of our residential suburbs, particularly in Character Overlay, Historic Overlay and Heritage Place Overlay areas. SPRA submits that the maximum building height in the overlay be reduced to three storeys for sites between 10,0002 and 20,000m2 and four levels for sites exceeding 20,000m2.
We are told by the retirement development industry that older people wish to age in their own communities. This may be true. But we are sure that older people do not wish to bulldoze and trash their communities in the process.

This submission can be downloaded as a pdf for printing.

Introduction

Our Association views with concern the proposal to allow dwellings to be built in rear and side garden areas in six Council areas (Campbelltown, Walkerville, Unley, Prospect, Burnside and Alexandrina).

This submission can be downloaded as a pdf for printing.

The State Planning Commission have published a summary of feedback as a pdf.

Our comments on the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (GARP) 2024 are as follows: -

Re: Development Application 23020223 (PlanSA)
Construction of a four-storey mixed use development comprising shops and offices at ground level, eighteen (18) dwellings across levels 2, 3 and 4 and basement car parking, together with associated landscaping and rooftop plant.

The St Peters Residents Association requests that the Council Assessment Panel refuse the application in its current form.

We appreciate that household formation rate, as well as population growth, impacts on demand for new housing. However, community concern over population growth cannot forever be swept under the carpet. The forecasted need for an extra 300,000 dwellings in the Greater Adelaide region over the next 30 years demonstrates a need for a major increase in our current housing stock. Extra housing will be traded off against residential amenity, the natural environment, open space, agricultural land and the tourism attractions of this State.

A discussion paper was put out by the State Planning Commission to canvas options on where land could be provided to accommodate an estimated 300,000 new dwellings in Greater Adelaide over the next 30 years.
The estimate for new housing needed is based on a population growth projection of 670,000 by 2051.
The paper suggests that new dwellings should be built in existing suburbs with some residential development on greenfield sites on the urban fringes and some in satellite cities (such as Victor Harbor and Murray Bridge).

State Parliament’s Environment Resources and Development Committee has been looking into the state of Adelaide’s tree canopy in the context of the concerns about the effect of residential subdivisions, urban infill and higher density living on the declining tree canopy in metropolitan Adelaide.

A Conservation Council report estimates that 75,000 trees a year are being lost from Greater Adelaide. A 2018 study estimated that 23% of metro Adelaide is covered by trees, with 52% being on private land, 26% on State government land and 11% on local government land.