Code Amendment ID: 10882 Sellicks Beach Growth Area Joint Amendment

The Chief Executive, Department for Housing and Urban Development is proposing to rezone about 134 hectares of land at Sellicks Beach, to deliver a new master-planned community for approximately 1,700 new homes.

In order to safeguard the Sellicks Beach Growth Area (SBGA) for future urban development while air quality monitoring / assessments continue, it is proposed to progress a Joint Amendment to both the Planning and Design Code (the Code) and the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (the Regional Plan).

This represents the first time a Joint Amendment has been made under section 73(1) of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 (the Act), and the first time a Regional Plan has been amended under section 73 of the Act.

The Joint Amendment will supersede the Sellicks Beach Code Amendment initiated in 2023.

The Joint Amendment proposes to:

Amend the Code to:

• apply the Master Planned Neighbourhood (or similar), Concept Plan(s), subzone(s) and overlays to the Affected Area to guide urban development that is aligned with infrastructure provision
  

• create and apply a new policy to defer urban development until the land is suitable for the intended land uses, subject to the resolution of an appropriate infrastructure delivery mechanism and the resolution of other constraints to urban development including completion of detailed air quality monitoring / assessments.

Amend the Regional Plan to:

• introduce a new recommendation that enables the removal of policies established to protect the land from development through a future complying change to the Code, thereby allowing urban development to proceed once the following conditions are satisfied:

  • completion of air quality monitoring and assessment, with findings that support the rezoning of the SBGA to the designated urban zone

  • securing infrastructure commitments through an approved infrastructure delivery scheme and / or formal agreements.