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, 2.1 MB) 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:
Preparation
- Checklist for investigations and engagement (PDF, 74.1 KB)
- Chief Executive’s Policy - Service Standards and Code Amendment Fees (PDF, 142.0 KB)
- Fact sheet - streamlined proposal to initiate (for private proponents) (PDF, 86.3 KB)
- Template letter - to council or Joint Planning Board (pre-initiation) (DOCX, 36.0 KB)
- Template letter - response from council or Joint Planning Board (pre-initiation) (DOCX, 35.3 KB)
Submit proposal to initiate
Preparation
- Tookit - Community Engagement Charter (PDF, 422.2 KB)
- Template tool - stakeholder analysis (DOCX, 234.1 KB)
- Tool - Community Engagement Charter principles in action (PDF, 442.0 KB)
- Template letter/notice - to owner or occupier of land (DOCX, 18.2 KB)
- Template letter/notice - to council, Joint Planning Board or Local Government Association (engagement stage) (DOCX, 17.5 KB)
- Template letter/notice - to government agencies - (engagement stage) (DOCX, 16 KB) (DOCX, 16.1 KB)
- Guide - to writing and mapping the code amendment (engagement preparation) (PDF, 431.4 KB)
Submit for engagement
- Template document - the draft code amendment (for engagement) (DOCX, 71.0 KB)
- Template instruction - for publication on the PlanSA portal (for engagement) (DOCX, 23.9 KB)
- Template document - engagement plan for the code amendment (for engagement) (DOCX, 32.5 KB)
- Template instruction - for drafting and mapping the code amendment (engagement preparation) (DOCX, 22.0 KB)
