Expert panel to review SA's planning system

EXCLUSIVE | The State Government has apppointed a four-person industry panel to review South Australia’s planning legislation, parts of the Planning and Design Code and the e-planning system.

Rethinking South Australia's planning system

State planning minister Nick Champion outlines the principles and challenges that will govern an upcoming review of the state’s contentious planning system, including protecting the tree canopy and preparing for climate change.

Do we really want 'no change, no pace' in Adelaide's suburbs? Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

Adelaide's suburbs must adapt to change - or we'll end up in poignant stasis

“Greedy” developers aren’t changing Adelaide’s neighbourhoods – it’s a response to changing community preferences, argues Michael Lennon, the chair of the State Planning Commission.

Walker's Buckland Park housing development given three-year extension

EXCLUSIVE | After more than five months of negotiations between the State Government and Walker Corporation, the long-delayed Buckland Park housing project has been given a three-year extension to its development approval.

Protecting what matters in Australia's party capital

Wine writer Philip White considers life in Australia’s new party capital – Adelaide’s southern suburbs – and discovers we still have the same problems as California’s Napa Valley.

SA councils given reprieve from e-planning payments

South Australia’s local councils have been granted a 12 month reprieve from paying fees for the State Government’s new e-planning system.

$2 million 'virtual' Adelaide to help sell higher density

The State Government is set to go out to tender for a detailed 3D model of Adelaide’s CBD, inner city and part of the western suburbs which will be used to plan higher density and allow the public to visualise and interact with proposed changes.