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Closes at 11:59 pm, 15 July 2025

Overview

The State Planning Commission is seeking feedback on draft engineering requirements for land division that aim to streamline assessment processes and enable more homes to be built faster across South Australia’s growth areas.

The draft Design Standard 1 – Engineering Requirements for Land Division (PDF, 196 KB) provides technical guidance, building on existing planning rules to deliver more transparent and consistent design standards, construction specifications and infrastructure costs for land divisions.

The draft engineering design standard specifies requirements for:

  • pavement design
  • stormwater design
  • road design
  • road corridor design
  • service infrastructure
  • water sensitive urban design
  • street landscaping including trees.

A draft technical manual (PDF, 1099 KB) has also been prepared, underpinning the design standard and providing detailed, best-practice engineering specifications for these types of infrastructure, which is also available for feedback.

The draft engineering design standard also provides pathways for considering climate resilient design and a suite of standard drawings (PDF, 3674 KB) for use in design and construction to significantly reduce assessment timeframes.

The draft engineering design standard applies to land division for large residential developments in Master Planned Zone that include constructing a public road or infrastructure that will become council property.

The State Planning Commission worked closely with South Australian government agencies, councils and industry to prepare the draft engineering design standard.

This is part of the South Australian Government’s Housing Roadmap to deliver more homes for South Australians.

For more information about the draft engineering requirements for land division and how to share your feedback:

Have your say

Consultation on draft engineering requirements for land division is open from 20 May to 15 July 2025.

Have your say by:

Hard copies of the draft design standard, technical manual and standard drawings are available for viewing during standard business hours at level 9, 83 Pirie Street, Adelaide.

Documents

Next steps

We will consider all feedback in finalising Design Standard 1 – Engineering Requirements for Land Division, technical manual and standard drawings.

All feedback will be captured in an engagement report that will be provided to the State Planning Commission and the Minister for Planning to assist with final decision-making.

Once a decision has been made, the engagement report, including all feedback received during consultation, will be published on the PlanSA and YourSAy websites. Names and organisations will be included with published submissions but personal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers will be redacted.

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Public consultation is an important part of the planning process.

Amendment of a designated instrument or scheme under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 (the PDI Act) must comply with the Community Engagement Charter during consultation.

All code amendments are required to go on public consultation before a decision is made, with proposed amendments published on PlanSA for you to have your say.

The consultation process may involve public events, letter drops and brochures.

Following the close of consultation, submissions may be published on the portal and/or summarised in a What We Heard or Engagement Report.

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