Update: Draft Residential Driveway Crossovers Design Standard to be incorporated into future engineering standards

A total of 85 submissions were received during consultation on the draft Residential Driveway Crossovers Design Standard (84 unique submissions and one duplicate) between 23 August and 14 November 2023.

Broadly speaking, the submissions recognised the work that has gone into producing a draft design standard for public comment and that the design standard’s objective was a worthy aspiration.

However, several significant matters were raised that require further and more detailed investigation by the State Planning Commission.

Therefore, the Commission wrote to the Minister for Planning recommending that the draft design standard and Code Amendment not proceed in their current form. The Minister has agreed to the Commission’s recommendation.

As outlined in the South Australian Government’s Housing Roadmap, the Department for Housing and Urban Development will prepare engineering standards for residential land divisions in growth areas across South Australia. These will be delivered as design standards in the planning system.

The Commission has requested that the department incorporate driveway crossovers into these engineering standards, taking into consideration the feedback received from councils, industry and community as part of this consultation process.

The community, industry and councils will be invited to provide feedback on the draft engineering standards once they have been developed.

View the engagement report for full details of the feedback received and the Commission’s responses to key topics raised during the consultation, as well as copies of all submissions received.

For further information visit the PlanSA website.