Murray Mallee Regional Plan

Closes 17 June 2025, 5:00 pm

The Murray Mallee is a highly productive agricultural region, known for wheat, barley, and livestock. The Murray River plays a vital role in supporting irrigation for citrus, stone fruit, and wine production. The region is also home to unique Mallee vegetation, conservation parks, and significant First Nations cultural heritage, particularly of the Ngarrindjeri people. Tourism is a key industry, with houseboating, fishing, and nature-based experiences drawing visitors to the river and surrounding landscapes.

The Murray Mallee 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, Visioning Workshops were held in Berri and Murray Bridge 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:

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

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.

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