The PDI Act provides for South Australia to be divided into planning regions by proclamation of the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister. This includes the definition of one of the planning regions as Greater Adelaide.
The main purpose of a planning region is to define the area for regional plans over which collaborative arrangements may be established for planning and other relevant service delivery or program areas.
On 19 March 2020 the Governor issued a proclamation (PDF, 16.4 KB) constituting the following planning regions for South Australia.
- Greater Adelaide (PDF, 3.8 MB)
- Eyre and Western (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Far North (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Kangaroo Island (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Limestone Coast (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Murray Mallee (PDF, 3.6 MB)
- Yorke Peninsula and Mid North (PDF, 3.3 MB)
The proclamation also provides a period of three years before a new regional plan for each of the planning regions is to be prepared and adopted. In the meantime transitional provisions in the PDI Act allow the existing South Australian planning strategies to apply until such time as the new regional plans are prepared.
In formulating his recommendation, the Minister for Planning:
- sought to reflect communities of interest at a regional level
- took into account council boundaries and other relevant administrative boundaries; relevant economic, social and cultural factors; and relevant environmental factors (including water catchment areas and biogeographical regions)
- gave attention to the need to achieve effective planning consistent with the objects of the PDI Act, and the delivery of infrastructure, government services and other relevant services, at a regional level.
The Minister also consulted with the State Planning Commission, councils across the state and the Local Government Association.
