The South Australian Government has made amendments to the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General) Regulations 2017, to provide greater clarification on a number of matters.

Key changes to the regulations include:

• making assessment managers at councils the designated authority for assessing and approving Building Envelope Plans
• clarifying that the operative period of any consent aligns with the operative period of the final development approval
• updating the notification period to five business days’ notice for out of council areas to allow more time to plan for and undertake inspections if required (along with a revised State Planning Commission Practice Direction (Out of Council Areas Inspection Policy) 2019)
• making reference to a communications facility under the Commonwealth's Telecommunications Act 1997
• establishing transhipment points associated with a proposed or existing port facility for transferring bulk commodities within state coastal waters as development
• exempting flood hazard or water monitoring equipment and air quality monitoring stations from requiring development approval in certain circumstances
• increasing the scope of exempt works associated with the supply, disposal or treatment of water or wastewater
• minor editorial changes that will provide greater clarity throughout the Regulations.

These amendments have been made following consultation, held from 10 November to 8 December 2023, and reflect feedback received from industry and community.

A detailed summary of the amendments  (PDF, 159 KB) provides greater detail of all the changes and what those changes mean.