Concordia Code Amendment finalised

The Concordia Code Amendment has now been finalised and adopted by the Minister for Planning.

Changes to the Code amendment were made in response to feedback received from affected landowners, community, industry, local and state government and advocacy groups.

Key changes include:

• applying the new ‘Coordinated Development Overlay’ across the growth area, which defers urban development until removed by the Minister for Planning, to ensure agreements are in place to provide all necessary essential infrastructure before development
• applying a new ‘Infrastructure Coordination Overlay’ across the growth area, to ensure land use is coordinated with delivering necessary services and infrastructure and aligns with the infrastructure delivery scheme for Concordia
• reducing the size of the Employment Zone from 24 ha to 15 ha, to better align with the Employment Land Assessment recommendations
• improvements to the Emerging Main Street Subzone to allow a broader range of land uses fronting main streets and improve terminology and consistency
• updates to the basic infrastructure concept plan to:
  • provide space for a landscaped buffer or mound between the potential link road (and associated infrastructure) and rural land/the Character Preservation District
  • show potential road upgrades outside of the growth area south of Calton Road, including a possible future road extending in a south-west direction from the Cheek Avenue and Calton Road intersection
• updates to the land use concept plan, particularly relating to:
  • buffers and landscaping along Barossa Valley Way, potential link roads and gateways to the growth area
  • increasing the amount of land set aside for emergency services and state schools, including setting aside land for a potential future health facility
  • increasing the size and extent of the Neighbourhood Activity Centre to better reflect the Concordia Master Plan
  • extending the shared path networks to better show connections with the proposed road network.

The engagement report includes full details of the feedback received and the changes made as a result.

Next steps

To support the Concordia Code Amendment, work is underway to develop an infrastructure scheme to ensure the infrastructure requirements to service future housing within the Concordia growth area are well-understood and planned for.

The South Australian Government has appointed Iain McPhillips as the Scheme Coordinator to oversee developing the infrastructure scheme.

The draft infrastructure scheme is currently being prepared and will be finalised in consultation with affected landowners and key government and industry stakeholders.