During the March 2022 State Election, an election commitment was made to commission an independent review of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 and the Planning and Design Code to ensure planning decisions encourage a more liveable, competitive and sustainable long-term growth strategy for Greater Adelaide and the regions.
In 2022, the Minister for Planning, Hon. Nick Champion MP, commissioned an independent panel of planning experts to conduct a review of reforms to the planning system implementation, including:
- The Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016
- the Planning and Design Code and related instruments, as it relates to infill policy, trees, character, heritage and car parking
- the ePlanning system, to ensure it is delivering an efficient and user-friendly process and platform
- the PlanSA website, to check usability and ease of community access to information.