Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan

Have your say on the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan.

What's being decided?

The State Planning Commission (the Commission) has released the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan (the Plan) and want to hear from community, councils and industry on how we sustainably prepare for future growth.

The Plan is guided by the unique and changing profile of the region’s population, environment and economy across its vast rural and varied townships. It focuses on the region’s expected population growth which will be driven by job opportunities in tourism, agriculture, mining and people retiring to the region.

The Plan set outs a long-term plan for the region, outlining actions to increase the supply of affordable and diverse housing, actions to protect biodiversity and ways to boost the region’s economy by ensuring land, infrastructure and houses needed for growth are in place.

Background

The Commission, with support from Planning and Land Use Services (PLUS), is currently preparing six new country regional plans for South Australia:

• Kangaroo Island
• Yorke Peninsula and Mid North
• Eyre and Western
• Far North
• Limestone Coast
• Murray Mallee.

These plans play an important role in guiding sustainable growth by identifying land use and long-term infrastructure over a 15-to-30-year period. They outline where new housing and employment areas will be located, how services will be delivered, and what infrastructure is needed while exploring different growth scenarios.

In 2023, Visioning Workshops were held in Clare and Maitland to gather insights to support the initial development of the Plan. Stakeholders unable to attend the workshops were invited to provide feedback through a survey hosted on the YourSAy platform. You can read more about the community’s insights in the What We Heard Report.

The information collected during the workshops and the YourSAy survey have informed the development of the Plan.

Get involved

Find out more:

• read the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan (for the best user experience, the Regional Planning Portal is best accessed by using a laptop or desktop computer)
• read the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan Summary
• read the Easy Read guide
• take a look at our Fact Sheet
• take a look at our FAQs
• view the proposal to initiate document
• review the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan engagement plan
• read the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Visioning Workshop - What We Heard Report
• view the map of the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional planning region.

Have your say by:

• taking our survey
• filling out our Easy Read survey
• filling out the online submission form
• register for an information session
• email a submission to plansasubmissions@sa.gov.au (subject: Submission Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Regional Plan)
• post your submission to:
  Attention: Growth Management Team
  Planning and Land Use Services
  Department for Housing and Urban Development
  GPO Box 1815
  Adelaide SA 5001

Please note that written submissions must be received by no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday 7 May 2025. All written submissions received will be made publicly available on the PlanSA portal at the conclusion of the consultation period.

What are the next steps?

All feedback will be considered, with the updated Plan being provided to the State Planning Commission for endorsement.

The final Plan will be released late 2025 and will be fully digital and accessible via the Regional Planning Portal.