Plan flags over 400 new homes for Yorke Peninsula

Over 400 housing allotments will be released on the Yorke Peninsula, as part of a South Australian Government-backed plan to support growth in the region.

The government has adopted the Point Turton and Port Victoria Urban Growth Code Amendment – which will rezone sites in the two towns, to make way for more housing.

The rezoning will facilitate the release of additional land – yielding 338 allotments in Point Turton and up to 100 allotments in Port Victoria – to support the growing population and demand for residential development in the region.

The land in Point Turton, is bound by Bayview Road and Brutus Road and including Mariner, Coral and Neptune Courts, Reef Crescent, Beachcomber Drive and part of Captain Hutchinson Drive. While the land in Port Victoria is bounded by Bray Road, Songvaar Road and Moorara Drive and includes Castle Cardigan Circuit.

A portion of both pieces of land – approximately two hectares in the southeast corner in Port Victoria and 12 hectares in the northern section of Point Turton – have already been developed into residential allotments.

The Code Amendment will align the zoning with this current land use and make the remaining areas, 13 hectares in Port Victoria and 27 hectares in Point Turton, available for future residential development.

The Code Amendment was adopted following community engagement through the York Peninsula Council, which was presented in an ‘engagement report’ to Planning Minister Nick Champion before his approval.