The planning system is complex and can often require experienced professionals to make procedural judgement calls.
To support them, section 42 of the new PDI Act includes the ability for the State Planning Commission to issue practice directions and guidelines.
About these instruments
A practice direction may specify procedural requirements relating to any matter under the legislation. Practice directions will likely address a range of matters currently covered by the Development Regulations 2008.
Throughout the new Act there are many specific instances where the State Planning Commission is allowed to issue a practice direction. They are issued by the Commission by a notice in the Government Gazette and must be published on the SA Planning Portal. The Commission also has the power to revoke or vary a practice direction through the same process of notification and publication.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the following elements may require the establishment of a practice direction:
- preparation of a regional plan
- assessment pathways
- the establishment and appointment of assessment panels.
Consultation
A record of public consultation relating to this planning tool is listed below.
Consultation close date 18 December 2019
The draft Inspection Policies Practice Direction has been issued under section 144 of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 (PDI Act) and has been informed by expert advice from the State Planning Commission’s Building Committee and other industry stakeholders.
The draft practice direction outlines proposed inspection levels and is intended to set minimum mandatory requirements that councils must comply with under the PDI Act.
Consultation on the draft Inspection Policies Practice Direction closed on 18 December 2019. A What We Have Heard report based on feedback received has now been published.
- What We Have Heard Report (PDF, 2616 KB)
- Draft Inspection Policies Practice Direction on consultation (PDF, 256 KB)
- Background Paper (PDF, 1024 KB)
- Botten Levinson Report to the Minister for Planning (PDF, 1134 KB)
Submissions received
- Adelaide Hills Council.pdf (121.8 KB, PDF File)
- Alexandrina Council.pdf (197.3 KB, PDF File)
- Australian Institute of Building Surveyors.pdf (163.1 KB, PDF File)
- City of Adelaide.pdf (318.6 KB, PDF File)
- City of Charles Sturt.pdf (828.6 KB, PDF File)
- City of Marion.pdf (300.7 KB, PDF File)
- City of Mitcham.pdf (243.8 KB, PDF File)
- City of Onkaparinga.pdf (1.1 MB, PDF File)
- City of Playford.pdf (208.8 KB, PDF File)
- City of Prospect.pdf (76.2 KB, PDF File)
- City of Salisbury.pdf (395.7 KB, PDF File)
- City of Unley.pdf (208.1 KB, PDF File)
- City of West Torrens.pdf (67.7 KB, PDF File)
- Copper Coast Council.pdf (309.8 KB, PDF File)
- District Council of Coober Pedy.pdf (85.3 KB, PDF File)
- District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.pdf (158.6 KB, PDF File)
- Favian Castello.pdf (79.9 KB, PDF File)
- Kym Rowland.pdf (71.6 KB, PDF File)
- Light Regional Council.pdf (1.6 MB, PDF File)
- Local Government Association.pdf (310.1 KB, PDF File)
- Master Builders South Australia.pdf (455.4 KB, PDF File)
- Mid Murray Council.pdf (151.4 KB, PDF File)
- Mount Barker District Council.pdf (746.1 KB, PDF File)
- Municipal Council of Roxby Downs.pdf (1.5 MB, PDF File)
- Port Adelaide Enfield.pdf (180.0 KB, PDF File)
- Ron Lochert.pdf (118.9 KB, PDF File)
- Wakefield Regional Council.pdf (229.1 KB, PDF File)
- Yorke Peninsula Council.pdf (116.0 KB, PDF File)
Consultation closed on 1 March 2019
The draft Development Assessment Regulations and Practice Directions set out how the new development assessment framework will operate in the new planning system.
Your input is being used to inform the draft Regulations and Practice Directions to help set out the new framework for planning and development in South Australia.
A What We Have Heard report based on feedback received has been circulated to all engagement participants and published on this page.
- Draft Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General) (Development Assessment) Variation Regulations (PDF, 859 KB)
- Guide to the draft Development Assessment Regulations and Practice Directions (PDF, 4316 KB)
- Draft Practice Direction - Conditions (PDF, 203 KB)
- Draft Practice Direction - Deemed Planning Consent Standard Conditions (PDF, 566 KB)
- Draft Practice Direction - Notification of Performance Assessed Development Applications (PDF, 652 KB)
- Draft Practice Direction - Restricted and Impact Assessed Development (PDF, 1065 KB)
- Fact Sheet: Development Assessment: What is changing and how will this affect me as a resident? (PDF, 864 KB)
- Fact Sheet: Proposed Assessment Timeframes (PDF, 315 KB)
- What We Have Heard Report - Development Assessment Regulations and Practice Directions (PDF, 572 KB)
Submissions received
- 001 - Naracoorte Lucindale Council.pdf (199.0 KB, PDF File)
- 002 - Bruce Payne.pdf (151.1 KB, PDF File)
- 003 - Save Unley Trees, Grow Grow Grow Your Own, Friends of the City of Unley Society.pdf (167.4 KB, PDF File)
- 004 - Regional Council of Goyder - late submission.pdf (776.4 KB, PDF File)
- 005 - ACB Consulting.pdf (114.7 KB, PDF File)
- 006 - City of West Torrens.pdf (1.0 MB, PDF File)
- 007 - City of Salisbury.pdf (213.1 KB, PDF File)
- 008 - Berri Barmera Council, District Council of Loxton Waikerie, Renmark Paringa Council.pdf (292.0 KB, PDF File)
- 009 - Mobile Carriers Forum.pdf (2.0 MB, PDF File)
- 010 - South Australian Independent Retailers.pdf (853.0 KB, PDF File)
- 011 - Mid Murray Council.pdf (169.3 KB, PDF File)
- 012 - Mount Barker District Council.pdf (217.5 KB, PDF File)
- 012a - Mount Barker District Council.pdf (172.7 KB, PDF File)
- 013 - Light Regional Council.pdf (132.8 KB, PDF File)
- 014 - City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters.pdf (1.5 MB, PDF File)
- 015 - City of Burnside.pdf (129.4 KB, PDF File)
- 016 - City of Charles Sturt.pdf (437.7 KB, PDF File)
- 017 - City of Onkaparinga - Development Services.pdf (589.4 KB, PDF File)
- 018 - Ron Lochert.pdf (40.8 KB, PDF File)
- 020 - Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute South Australia.pdf (136.3 KB, PDF File)
- 021 - Housing Industry Association.pdf (530.3 KB, PDF File)
- 022 - City of Unley - late submission.pdf (265.3 KB, PDF File)
- 023 - City of Tea Tree Gully.pdf (631.4 KB, PDF File)
- 024 - City of Holdfast Bay.pdf (246.9 KB, PDF File)
- 026 - Peet Limited.pdf (144.7 KB, PDF File)
- 027 - City of Adelaide.pdf (1.8 MB, PDF File)
- 028 - City of Onkaparinga - Parks and Natural Resources.pdf (119.8 KB, PDF File)
- 029 - City of Port Adelaide Enfield.pdf (1.0 MB, PDF File)
- 030 - Swimming Pool and Spa Association.pdf (224.5 KB, PDF File)
- 031 - Bunnings Group Limited.pdf (1.3 MB, PDF File)
- 032 - Bernie Steer.pdf (543.7 KB, PDF File)
- 033 - Local Government Association.pdf (1.3 MB, PDF File)
- 034 - The Verge Cohousing Community.pdf (425.6 KB, PDF File)
- 035 - Jeff Shillabeer.pdf (326.9 KB, PDF File)
- 036 - The Rural City of Murray Bridge.pdf (1.4 MB, PDF File)
- 037 - Campbelltown City Council.pdf (124.9 KB, PDF File)
- 038 - Town of Gawler.pdf (1.8 MB, PDF File)
- 039 - Tony DiGiovanni.pdf (11.9 KB, PDF File)
- 040 - Adelaide Plains Council.pdf (294.4 KB, PDF File)
- 041 - Australian Institute of Landscape Architects SA Chapter.pdf (228.2 KB, PDF File)
- 042 - Alexandrina Council.pdf (172.0 KB, PDF File)
- 043 - Yorke Peninsula Council, Copper Coast Council, Barunga West Council, Wakefield Regional Council, Port Pirie Regional Council.pdf (3.5 MB, PDF File)
- 044 - City of Playford.pdf (541.4 KB, PDF File)
- 045 - City of Salisbury.pdf (1.1 MB, PDF File)
- 046 - Planning Institute Australia.pdf (168.0 KB, PDF File)
- 048 - City of Marion.pdf (126.5 KB, PDF File)
- 049 - The Barossa Council staff.pdf (1.0 MB, PDF File)
- 050 - Property Council of Australia.pdf (4.1 MB, PDF File)
- 051 - Resilient East Project Steering Group.pdf (232.7 KB, PDF File)
- 053 - Yup Yup Labs.pdf (79.4 KB, PDF File)
- 054 - Master Builders Association of SA Inc.pdf (955.7 KB, PDF File)
- 055 - Mary Morris.pdf (557.9 KB, PDF File)
- 056 - Adelaide Hills Council.pdf (363.1 KB, PDF File)
- 057 - The Law Society of South Australia - late submission.pdf (352.0 KB, PDF File)
- 058 - Senior Officers of the 5 Growth Area Council Officers.pdf (1.0 MB, PDF File)
- 059 - Environment Defenders Office.pdf (145.0 KB, PDF File)
- 060 - Australian Institute of Building Surveyors.pdf (167.6 KB, PDF File)
- 061 - Urban Development Institute of Australia SA Inc.pdf (438.6 KB, PDF File)
- 062 - Evonne Moore.pdf (103.0 KB, PDF File)
- 063 - People for Trees.pdf (86.1 KB, PDF File)
- 064 - Prospect Residents Association.pdf (967.6 KB, PDF File)
- 065 - Friends of the City of Unley.pdf (85.4 KB, PDF File)
- 066 - Kensington Residents Association.pdf (884.2 KB, PDF File)
- 067 - Community Alliance SA.pdf (430.4 KB, PDF File)
- 068 - Norwood Residents Association.pdf (255.7 KB, PDF File)
- 069 - Cheltenham Park Residents Association.pdf (278.5 KB, PDF File)
- 070 - Coastal Ecology Protection Group.pdf (62.4 KB, PDF File)
- 071 - National Trust South Australia.pdf (629.8 KB, PDF File)
- 072 - Residents for Environment and Character Conservation.pdf (31.0 KB, PDF File)
Documents
If you can't find a document, try searching PlanSA's resources library.
- Practice Direction 13 - Notification of Crown Development Applications 2020
- Practice Direction 12 - Conditions 2020
- Practice Direction 11 - Deemed Planning Consent Standard Conditions 2020
- Practice Direction 10 - Staged Occupation of Multi-storey Buildings
- Practice Direction 9 - Council Inspections 2020
- Practice Direction 8 - Swimming Pool Inspection Policy 2019
- Practice Direction 7 - Out of Council Areas Inspection Policy
- Practice Direction 6 - Scheme to avoid conflicting regimens
- Practice Direction 5 - Appointment of additional members to an Assessment Panel
- Practice Direction 4 - Restricted and Impact Assessed Development
- Practice Direction 3 - Notification of Performance Assessed Development
- Practice Direction 2 - Preparation and Amendment of Designated Instruments
- Practice Direction 1 - Environment and Food Production Areas - Greater Adelaide