Community Engagement Charter - Planning Together Panel

The State Planning Commission has released a Discussion Draft of the Community Engagement Charter. The principles, outcomes and measures were prepared by a community panel of South Australians working alongside 70 stakeholders – with an aim to improve how engagement occurs around the setting of policy in South Australia.

This is the first phase of developing the charter, and the Commission is now seeking further ideas from the community, planning and development practitioners and elected members to assist in the evolution of the charter. The process for developing the Charter is outlined below and involves 12 weeks of consultation over two 6 week periods. The first stage of consultation will run from 28 August to 9 October 2017.

Following consideration of the feedback received, the Commission will prepare the statutory consultation draft of the charter, to be accompanied by a guideline document that will describe how the charter could be applied and evaluated.

Visit the SA Planning Portal for further information and to have your say.

The State Planning Commission assumed the functions of the Development Assessment Commission, Building Rules Assessment Commission, Building Advisory Committee, the Development Policy Advisory Committee and the Local Heritage Advisory Committee on 1 August 2017.

This was done to commence the implementation of the changes which will apply under the new Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 (the PDI Act).

The Commission is currently establishing its formal governance arrangements and committee structures, and has established the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) as required under the PDI Act.

The new SCAP includes the previous membership of the Development Assessment Commission (DAC), which will continue to assess applications under the Development Act 1993. The general operating procedures will remain.

A new web page for SCAP is now live under the State Planning Commission page. The DAC website is still able to be viewed as a historical reference only.

In relation to the Development Policy Assessment Committee (DPAC), the Commission will now lead this process including hearing from representors on Ministerial Development Plan Amendments (DPA’s) and providing advice to the Minister. They are being supported by Bryan Moulds (Chair of DPAC) to assist in running the hearing panels with the provision of advice to the Minister.

There will also be a new Building Committe that will replace the Building Rules Assessment Commission and the Building Advisory Committee. Its membership is currently being determined.

The new ePlanning solution will take South Australian Planning online, reshaping how practitioners and communities engage with the state’s new planning system. It will provide a single online entry point for all planning matters – the SA Planning Portal.

Recently a request went out to take part in an ePlanning survey and DPTI would like to say thank you to the 77 respondents who completed the ePlanning Survey and provided their views on the future ePlanning Solution. The majority of responses were from Councils (86%), with the remaining responses coming from agencies, developers, planning practitioners and surveyors.

The top three capabilities identified were:

1. searching the Planning and Design Code by address
2. tracking the Planning and Design Code changes online
3. how enquiries can assist with determining the appropriate assessment pathway. 

The next steps in the process will be to consider these issues in relation to the development of ePlanning and how these ideas might be incorporated into the system.

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The Minister has approved the Kilburn and Blair Athol Urban Renewal Development Plan Amendment.  The new Urban Renewal Zone  allows a mixture of social, affordable and market housing.  It will also encourage transition away from heavy, dirty industry to light and service industries in the area.

In addition the Minister has announced a funding package of $6 million, equally provided by the the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the State Government to deliver stormwater infrastructure upgrades and high quality public spaces. 

This partnership project provides an excellent opportunity to enhance the health, happiness and wellbeing of the residents in the area. It aligns with the 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide to redevelop existing suburban areas, provide walkable neighbourhoods, increase green spaces and encourage more use of public transport.

The new Public Register is now available on the SA Planning Portal and provides a consolidation of the previous public registers for Land Use and Land Division applications.

You can access it at www.saplanningportal.sa.gov.au/public_register. Thank you to those that provided input into its development over the last few weeks/months. Much of this will be incorporated over the next few months to further improve the operation of the public register.
If you have any questions or feedback please email dpti.planningengagement@sa.gov.au.

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