FAQs

The Planning and Design Code contains the planning rules and policies that guide what can be developed in South Australia. Planning authorities use these planning rules to assess development proposals.

A Code Amendment is a proposal to change the policies, rules, or mapping within the Code, which can change the way that future developments are assessed. 

Code Amendments must be prepared according to certain processes set out by legislation (the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 and associated Regulations).

Code Amendments may be undertaken by a range of entities including the State Planning Commission, councils, state agencies, people who have an interest in land, or the Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Investment. 

This Code Amendment is being undertaken by the Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Investment.

The Residential Aviation Estate Subzone is applied to areas of land to provide opportunities for low density residential development where it is integrated with the operation of an airfield. 

Residential development in this subzone should be consistent with the scale of existing buildings and complementary to the open character of the airfield and surrounding rural landscape.

The affected area is about 12,000 m2 in the southern corner of Tintinara Airfield, with frontage to Schultz Road.

The Residential Aviation Estate Subzone would be applied to the same area as the previous ‘Residential Airpark’, introduced in the Coorong District Council Development Plan in 2017. 

This would reinstate the planning rules that could not transition into the Planning and Design Code when it was first implemented in this area in July 2020.

View a map of the affected area.

New homes in the Residential Aviation Estate Subzone should be on the same allotment as a private aircraft hangar that is associated with the dwelling. 

Outbuildings, including the associated aircraft hangar, should be subordinate to the home, with a maximum height of 9 m to complement the height and scale of nearby buildings.

Site coverage would be limited to 35 per cent of the allotment, with separation between buildings to reduce the cumulative impacts of buildings in the area. 

The planning rules seek to limit building height and scale of development and mitigate any adverse impacts on neighbouring homes or businesses.

New allotments in the Residential Aviation Estate Subzone should be at least 2,000 m2 with a minimum frontage of at least 30 m. 

The proposed rules would allow approximately six new residential allotments to be created within the subzone.

The Residential Aviation Estate Subzone is currently applied to a similar airfield near the township of Goolwa.