South Australia · Preliminary planning reports
Preliminary planning reports in South Australia
A $150 desktop planning assessment for any address in South Australia. We take the parcel from the state cadastre, sweep the zoning and overlay mapping at the parcel, read the Planning and Design Code in force and cite it by clause, and set out in writing what was checked and what was not. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.
What governs a site in South Australia
South Australia uses one state-wide Planning and Design Code in place of council development plans. The Code assigns every parcel a zone, sometimes a subzone, and a set of overlays; the policies that apply follow from that combination rather than from a council document.
The Code is versioned, with new versions issued fortnightly, so the version in force on the day matters. The report reads the version current at the time it is prepared and cites it by version and date.
PlanSA is the state’s planning portal and SAPPA, the South Australian Property and Planning Atlas, is the map where the zone, subzone and overlay layers for any parcel are published.
The instruments the report reads in South Australia
- Planning and Design Code · zones, subzones and overlays, versioned fortnightly
Councils in South Australia
Every local government area in South Australia, from the ABS local government area list. Each page explains how the report works for a site in that council.
- Adelaide
- Adelaide Hills
- Adelaide Plains
- Alexandrina
- Barossa
- Barunga West
- Berri Barmera
- Burnside
- Campbelltown
- Ceduna
- Charles Sturt
- Clare and Gilbert Valleys
- Cleve
- Coober Pedy
- Coorong
- Copper Coast
- Elliston
- Flinders Ranges
- Franklin Harbour
- Gawler
- Goyder
- Grant
- Holdfast Bay
- Kangaroo Island
- Karoonda East Murray
- Kimba
- Kingston
- Light
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Loxton Waikerie
- Marion
- Mid Murray
- Mitcham
- Mount Barker
- Mount Gambier
- Mount Remarkable
- Murray Bridge
- Naracoorte Lucindale
- Northern Areas
- Norwood Payneham and St Peters
- Onkaparinga
- Orroroo Carrieton
- Peterborough
- Playford
- Port Adelaide Enfield
- Port Augusta
- Port Lincoln
- Port Pirie
- Prospect
- Renmark Paringa
- Robe
- Roxby Downs
- Salisbury
- Southern Mallee
- Streaky Bay
- Tatiara
- Tea Tree Gully
- Tumby Bay
- Unley
- Victor Harbor
- Wakefield
- Walkerville
- Wattle Range
- West Torrens
- Whyalla
- Wudinna
- Yankalilla
- Yorke Peninsula
How the report works for a site in South Australia
The same five steps for every site in Australia, applied to the Planning and Design Code. Nothing is stated that was not checked, and what was not checked is stated.
Step 1
Parcel from the state cadastre
We take the parcel from the state cadastre and project it, so the report is about the lot itself and not a point on a street.
Step 2
Zoning and overlays swept at the parcel
The zoning and overlay mapping is swept at the parcel boundary, not at a single point, so a layer that touches one corner of the block is caught.
Step 3
The instrument in force, cited by clause
We read the planning instrument in force and cite it by clause, with its version and date, so every statement in the report can be checked at the source.
Step 4
Nearby applications where a public register exists
Where the council keeps a public register of applications, we read the nearby ones and cite what we found. We do not hold a database of decisions for the council.
Step 5
A written statement of what was not checked
Anything the report did not check is stated in writing, so you know the edges of the answer as well as the answer.
We do not hold a database of council decisions in South Australia. Where a council publishes a public register of applications, the report reads the nearby ones and cites what it found. Our free block checker covers South East Queensland only, so it is not offered in South Australia.
Taking a South Australia project through to lodgement
DA projects are quoted individually. We take a limited number at a time so each gets a director’s attention, and we reply within one business day with availability.
Know your site before you commit
A $150 report for any address in South Australia: the parcel, the zoning and overlays at the parcel, the Planning and Design Code cited by clause, and a written statement of what was not checked. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.