What are regional plans?

The new legislation requires a regional plan to be prepared for each region. These are prepared by a Joint Planning Board in partnership with the councils included on the Board. Where there is no Board, the Commission will prepare the regional plan.

A regional plan must be consistent with relevant State Planning Policies and include:

  • a long-term vision (over a 15 to 30 year period) for the region or area, including provisions about the integration of land use, transport infrastructure and the public realm
  • maps and plans that relate to the long-term vision
  • contextual information about the region or area, including forward projections and statistical data and analysis as determined by the Commission or required by a Practice Direction
  • recommendations about the application and operation of the Planning and Design Code
  • a framework for the public realm or infrastructure within the region or area.

Regional plans may be divided into parts relating to sub-regions and may include structure plans, master plans, concept plans or other similar documents. Regional plans will be used to help guide consideration of any proposed changes for the Planning and Design Code, a single rulebook for the whole state.

Following on from the Governor’s proclamation the State Planning Commission has “identified” that the following South Australian Planning Strategies, prepared under the Development Act 1993, will apply until such time as the new regional plans are prepared and adopted.

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