New design standard for residential driveway crossovers
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
Share your views on a new design standard for residential driveways that aims to improve public safety and enhance streetscapes across South Australia.
What's being decided?
We are seeking your feedback on a draft design standard that outlines how new residential driveways should connect from private property to the street.
Under the draft Residential Driveway Crossover Design Standard, new driveways should be positioned to allow:
- space for a street-tree in front of the home
- room to put bins out
- a suitable distance from roadside infrastructure, such as Stobie poles.
The draft design standard also ensures home builders consider the impacts of driveway design on car parking along the street, maintaining a safe and clear footpath and aligning driveway design with the street’s character.
We are also seeking your feedback on a draft amendment to the Planning and Design Code that has been prepared to complement the design standard and support its delivery.
Background
The draft Residential Driveway Crossover Design Standard was prepared by the State Planning Commission, with input from local councils, developers and state government agencies.
This is the first design standard to be initiated under the new South Australian planning system.
Design standards are a new planning instrument that complement the planning rules outlined in the Planning and Design Code, with a focus on the public realm and infrastructure.
They promote good design in streets, parks and other public places, help manage the interface between the public and private realm and contribute to delivering high-quality infrastructure as part of development.
Get involved
Find out more:
- read the draft Residential Driveway Crossover Design Standard
- take a look at our FAQs
- ask questions using the 'questions' tool below.
Have your say by:
- taking our short 5-minute survey below
- register for an online information session:
- Email a submission to: PlanSA@sa.gov.au
- Post your written submission to: Attention: Matthew Henderson, Senior Planning Officer, Planning and Land Use Services, Department for Trade and Investment, GPO Box 1815, ADELAIDE SA 5001
What are the next steps?
The State Planning Commission will consider your feedback in finalising the draft design standard and Code Amendment and prepare an engagement report outlining what was heard during consultation and what action was taken in response.
We will publish the submissions on the PlanSA portal and will share the engagement report on this website. We will publish company details, but will not publish personal addresses, email and phone numbers.
We will provide the design standard and Code Amendment to the Minister for Planning for approval and we will publish the final design standard and Code Amendment on this website.
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
If you have a specific question for our team, you can either email PlanSA@sa.gov.au or post it here and we will reply as soon as possible.
