Content that is classified as Development Plan should primarily be concerned with discussing proposed amendments or concerns with the current Development Plan.
A public forum on planning, titled The Great NIMBY or QUIMBY Forum is to be held on 29th April 2013 at 7.00 pm in the Norwood Town Hall.
What is the planning future of Greater Adelaide? Can QUALITY IN MY BACKYARD be expected? Or will it be a DEVELOPERS’ DREAM and promote a NOT IN MY BACKYARD attitude? A report on the forum has been published.
The event is sponsored by Community Alliance SA. Please promote this event using the twitter tag #QUIMBYSA.
The State Government has appointed an expert panel to undertake an inquiry into the planning system.
On the Think Design Deliver website this statement currently appears:
The public hearing for The Parade and Kent Town Strategic Growth Development Amendment Plan (the "uplift" DPA) was attended by about 50 people on 27th March. Developers and their representatives argued for higher multi-storey flats and residents generally pressed for lower multi-storey flats. One resident said that the only place the government had had the "ticker" to show what these multi-storey flats would look like was on Port Road.
We supported the Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources recommendation that Council strengthen its policies on landscaping and urban biodiversity by embedding "Green Infrastructure' principles in this DPA. Landscaping ie "green infrastructure" is, said the Department, "especially important for higher density development".
We strongly opposed the Property Council's push to have any development application over $5 million or over 2-storeys referred to the Development Assessment Commission for assessment on the grounds that this would remove more power from local communities. It is worrying that Planning Minister John Rau has spoken of referring this suggestion to the current review of the Development Act.
"The one and only public hearing for the "uplift" DPA the "Kent Town and The Parade Strategic Growth DPA" is to be held on Tuesday 26th of March at 7.00 pm in the Mayor's Parlour, Norwood Town Hall complex, 175 The Parade Norwood (entrance from George Street). Developers' submissions have dominated the public submission process for this DPA. More information is available on the council website.
All residents are urged to attend this public hearing to lend support to the Norwood Residents Association which has challenged the heights of multi-storey flats proposed for several areas including The Parade, Kent Town and Magill Road.
Notes on the meeting are now available.
"The Urban Development Institute has called for 20-storey flats to be permitted to be built on Dequetteville Terrace. This forms part of the Institute's submission to the Norwood, Payneham and St. Peters Council's Development Plan Amendment "The Parade and Kent Town Strategic Growth DPA". Like all inner suburban councils our Council was required to prepare this by the Minister for Planning's Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.
While developers and their representatives such as the Urban Development Institute are agitating for higher height limits, there appears to be insufficient demand for this type of housing in Adelaide at present. The collapse of the 10-storey apartment project on the old Channel 7 site at Gilberton due to lack of interest from investors and others has been a slap in the face for the government and Planning Minister John Rau in particular. The Minister over-rode the Walkerville Council on the height limits for this project and has now ended up with egg on his face.
This is the text of the verbal submission to the public meeting on 5th March 2013 on Residential Development (Zones and Policy Areas) DPA. For further detail, please refer to the full submission.
The council are now holding two public meetings to discuss the Development Plan Amendments. The first is Tuesday 5th March at 7pm in Cinema 4 at Hoyts Cinema, Norwood and second is Thursday 21st March in Don Pyatt Hall (behind Norwood Town Hall).
"We urge residents to turn up to both meetings. It is vitally important that we have big turnouts of people to these hearings.
A large crowd of residents will send a strong message to Council and the State government that residents have serious concerns and that their voices must be heard in the planning system, not ignored."
If you have been allocated to speak on 21st March but are unavailable, please contact the council as they will arrange for you to speak on 5th March.
If you previously indicated that you were unavailable to speak at meeting on 5th March, but are available on 21st March, please contact the council directly.
The council are holding information sessions on Wednesday 20th February and Thursday 21st February. This is your best opportunity to ask Council staff questions about the Development Plan Amendments.
The St Peters Residents' Association encourages everyone to make a submission in response to the development plan. Public consultation has been extended until the 1st March 2013.
The council website explains how to make a submission. This is a summary of the information:
Submissions should be clearly marked ‘Residential Development (Zones and Policy Areas) DPA’ and sent to:
The Chief Executive Officer
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
The Weatherill government is changing Adelaide forever. It is unrolling a 30-year plan which will allow the development of high-rise, high-density buildings around our parklands, along Linear Park, in front of our suburbs, next to our houses. The government says it has considered transit corridors, cars and pollution, but not the people. This is an insult!
Attend a rally at Parliament House
Monday, 18 February, 2-3pm