Closes 17 June 2025, 5:00 pm
The Limestone Coast is known for its diverse landscapes, rich agriculture, and world-class wine production. The region’s fertile soils support dairy farming, beef production, and cropping, while the famous Coonawarra and Padthaway wine regions produce premium wines. The coastline and unique geological features, including the Blue Lake and limestone caves, attract visitors, along with the region’s strong First Nations cultural heritage. Fishing, forestry, and tourism also play a key role in the local economy.
The Limestone Coast Regional Plan identifies land and long-term infrastructure needs to support sustainable growth within the region, over a 15-to-30-year period. It reflects the unique and changing profile of the region’s population, environment and economy across its vast rural areas and varied townships.
Background
The Commission, with support from Planning and Land Use Services, is preparing six new country regional plans for South Australia:
- Kangaroo Island
- Yorke and Mid North
- Eyre and Western
- Far North
- Limestone Coast
- Murray Mallee.
These plans play an important role in guiding sustainable growth by identifying land use and long-term infrastructure over a 15 to 30-year period. They outline where new housing and employment areas will be located, how services will be delivered, and what infrastructure is needed while exploring different growth scenarios.
In 2024, a Visioning Workshop was held in Naracoorte to gather insights to support the initial development of the Plan. Stakeholders unable to attend the workshops were invited to provide feedback through a survey hosted on the YourSAy platform. You can read more about the community’s insights in the What We Heard Report.
The information collected during the workshops and the YourSAy survey have informed the development of the Plan.
Have your say
You are invited to provide feedback on the Plan by 5:00 pm on Tuesday 17 June 2025.
Have your say by:
- taking our survey on the Limestone Coast Regional Plan YourSAy
- completing the PlanSA online submission form
- emailing a submission to plansasubmissions@sa.gov.au with the subject line: Submission: Limestone Coast Regional Plan
- posting your written submission to:
Planning and Land Use Services
Attention: Growth Management Team
Department for Housing and Urban Development
GPO Box 1815, ADELAIDE SA 5001
Events
Join an online information session to hear directly from our team about the Plan and learn how you can have your say.
Register for a session at PlanSA Eventbrite.
Engagement documents
- Limestone Coast Regional Plan
- Limestone Coast Regional Plan Summary (PDF, 1791 KB)
- Easy Read Guide (PDF, 409 KB)
- Easy Read Survey (PDF, 372 KB)
- Fact Sheet (PDF, 320 KB)
- Frequently asked questions (PDF, 364 KB)
- Proposal to Initiate (PDF, 1002 KB)
- Engagement Plan (PDF, 645 KB)
- What We Heard Report (PDF, 443 KB)
- Map of the Limestone Coast planning region (PDF, 1246 KB)
What are the next steps?
Following consultation, your feedback will be considered, and the Plan updated.
The updated Plan will be provided to the State Planning Commission for endorsement with the final version expected to be released late 2025.
The Plan will be fully digital and accessible via the Regional Planning Portal.
