Draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment

Have your say on the draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment and help shape the planning rules for future development in the area.

What's being decided?

The Chief Executive of the Department for Housing and Urban Development is proposing to rezone land at Smithfield in the City of Playford council area.

The draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment aims to provide much needed housing in this prime location between the existing railway line and shopping centre and introduces planning rules that encourage future development to include medium to high density housing across the affected area.

This would include medium-density housing such as town houses, row houses and semi and detached houses, and high-density housing like apartments and units.

Key changes proposed in the draft code amendment are:

• rezoning Renewal SA’s former Smithfield army barracks site to ‘Urban Neighbourhood Zone’ to enable medium to high density development
• rezoning the existing residential areas to the north and south of the Renewal SA site to ‘Housing Diversity Neighbourhood Zone’, allowing buildings up to 4 storeys, to encourage future development to include medium density housing
• rezoning Smithfield Memorial Gardens and Oval precinct to ‘Recreation Zone’, to protect this important community recreation area
• applying a maximum building height of 15 storeys on the Renewal SA site, to provide flexibility in how the anticipated number of homes can be achieved
• applying a new concept plan over the affected area to provide high-level guidance for future development.

Importantly, the draft code amendment only proposes changes to planning rules for future development. It does not include any immediate development or physical changes to the area and does not mean there is a requirement for homeowners to develop in the future.

The code amendment does not trigger any changes to residents’ living circumstances within the affected area.

Background

The Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment supports the South Australian Government’s Housing Roadmap to increase housing supply and diversity for South Australians.

The affected area includes the 33.5 ha former Smithfield army barracks site, transferred to the South Australian Government as part of the AUKUS agreement. The Housing Roadmap nominates this site to eventually accommodate over 1,500 dwellings (subject to master planning).

While rezoning the Renewal SA site to deliver more homes for South Australians was the catalyst for this code amendment process, broader residential and recreational areas have been included in the draft code amendment to maximise opportunities for regenerating the area to benefit the broader community, as well as residents in the new development.

The affected area lies within the State Significant Infill Areas, as identified in the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan.

Get involved

Have your say on the draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment by 21 December 2025.

Find out more:

• read the draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment
• take a look at our frequently asked questions
• read our fact sheet
• attend an online or in-person information session
• Ask us a question
• Email us to arrange to speak with our team members

Have your say by:

• taking our survey
• emailing your written submission to: PlanSAsubmissions@sa.gov.au (subject: Submission – Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment)
• posting your submission to: Code Amendment team, Department for Housing and Urban Development, GPO Box 1815 Adelaide SA 5001

Hard copies of the draft Smithfield Regeneration Code Amendment are available for viewing during standard business house at:

• Department for Housing and Urban Development, level 9, 83 Pirie Street, Adelaide
• Playford Civic Centre, 10 Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth

What are the next steps?

We will consider all feedback in finalising the code amendment and all feedback will be captured in an engagement report.

The engagement report will be provided to the Minister for Planning to assist with final decision-making.

Once a decision has been made, the engagement report, including all feedback received during consultation, will be published on this webpage and the PlanSA website. Names and organisations will be included with published submissions. Personal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers will be redacted.