The Planning and Design Code Amendment Toolkit (the toolkit) provides practitioners with step-by-step guidance, templates and forms to request and undertake an amendment to the Planning and Design Code (the Code).
The Code Amendment toolkit should be used alongside the following:
- The Community Engagement Charter toolkit, that includes templates and outlines the statutory obligations for engagement on Code Amendments; and
- The Guide to the Planning and Design Code (PDF, 2151 KB) that provides an overview of the Code’s structure and content.
Proposals for code amendments can be lodged through the PlanSA portal for approval to initiation from the Minister for Planning.
Resources for:
- Proposal to initiate template (DOCX, 75 KB)
- Checklist for investigations and engagement (PDF, 74 KB)
- Code amendment public instructions – for initiation (DOCX, 22 KB)
- Chief Executive’s Policy – Service Standards and Code Amendment Fees (PDF, 131 KB)
- Template letter to council or Joint Planning Board (pre-initiation) (DOCX, 36 KB)
- Template letter from council or Joint Planning Board - preliminary consultation response (DOCX, 35 KB)
- Streamlined proposal to initiate for private proponent code amendments - fact sheet (PDF, 228 KB)
- Community Engagement Charter toolkit
- Stakeholder analysis (DOCX, 234 KB)
- Community Engagement Charter principles in action (PDF, 442 KB)
- Engagement plan for code amendments (DOCX, 33 KB)
- Notice to owner or occupier of land (DOCX, 18 KB)
- Letter to council/s and/or Local Government Association – consultation on code amendment (DOCX, 18 KB)
- Letter to government agencies – consultation on code amendment (DOCX, 16 KB) (DOCX, 16 KB)
- Template engagement report (DOCX, 51 KB)
- Drafting and mapping instructions table (DOCX, 22 KB)
- Code amendment instructions template (DOCX, 112 KB)
