Creating a new suburb, Seacliff Heights
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
Have your say on creating a new suburb, Seacliff Heights.
What's being decided?
We are seeking your feedback on plans to realign Seacliff Park, Seacliff and Marino suburb boundaries to create a new suburb named Seacliff Heights.
Your feedback will be considered in deciding whether to create the new suburb and help shape the final boundary changes.
Background
Creating the new suburb is being considered in response to the proposed ‘Seacliff Village’ residential and commercial development, which includes areas of land in Seacliff Park, Seacliff and Marino.
The new suburb would include this development, as well as existing homes and businesses south of Ocean Boulevard in Seacliff Park.
The proposed name ‘Seacliff Heights’ reflects the site’s topography and would create a unique identity for a new and growing community.
Benefits of the proposed new suburb include:
- creating an identifiable suburb with a different character to surrounding areas
- removing confusion caused by Seacliff Park being located on both sides of Ocean Boulevard, particularly for emergency services and deliveries.
This proposal has been developed in consultation with Marion and Holdfast Bay councils and reflects community feedback received during consultation on a previous proposal in November 2022.
If approved, existing residents and business owners located in the new suburb of Seacliff Heights would need to update their address with a number of agencies and organisations.
These changes would be made under provisions in Section 11B of the Geographical Names Act 1991.
Get involved
Find out more:
- view the map outlining the proposed suburb boundary changes
- view the public notice published in the Government Gazette on 18 May
Have your say by:
- taking our short survey
- emailing DTI.PlaceNames@sa.gov.au
- sharing a comment on the 'guestbook'
- posting your written submission to: Office of the Surveyor-General, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA
What are the next steps?
Your feedback will be considered by the Surveyor-General in developing his recommendations about the proposal to create the new suburb, Seacliff Heights, and associated boundary changes for Seacliff, Marino and Seacliff Park.
The Surveyor-General’s recommendations and an engagement report outlining all community feedback will then be provided to the Minister for Planning for consideration.
If approved, the Surveyor-General would realign the suburb boundaries and create the new suburb.
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
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Consultation outcome
Consultation on the proposed suburb boundary realignment and new suburb name ‘Seacliff Heights’ closed on 18 June 2023. Thank you for your contributions.
During the consultation period, 79 responses were received. While there were marginally more responses in favour of realigning the suburb boundaries to establish a new suburb, there were a similar number of responses opposing the proposal.
Concerns were raised regarding the impact to existing residents, such as the costs associated with changing their address details, possible reductions in property values due to the new name, and some residents maintaining a strong long-term connection with their existing suburb name.
In response to this feedback, the Minister for Planning has not approved the proposed boundary realignment and new suburb name consulted on from 18 May 2023 to 18 June 2023.
Instead, the Minister has approved a boundary realignment consulted on in October 2022, to extend the existing suburb of Seacliff to include a smaller area encompassing the proposed ‘Seacliff Village’ development site.
A new suburb will not be created and no existing residents will be affected.
From 9 November 2023, the area shaded green on the map below will be included in the suburb of Seacliff.
