planning

A recent Conservation Council study estimated that Adelaide is losing about 75,000 trees a year. We submit that this is due to a range of factors including population growth, housing densification policy, life-style changes, a failure of the planning system to reserve space around built structures for vegetation and trees, weak legislative protection for existing trees, commercial development and powerline clearance. Government must encourage Council policies and tree species selection.

The submission is available as a PDF.

General Comments

General loss of detail in the Code compared to Development Plans

The Code has over-simplified policy requirements, which means that a planner assessing a development application has less options for negotiating good design outcomes.