by Don Palmer | Jul 15, 2016 | planning
One of the best news in my opinion to come out of the State Budget is the news that the introduction of E-Planning has been included in the budget. The budget allocates $ 24.8 million over 4 years to carry out this modernization and simplification to the planning...
by Don Palmer | Nov 29, 2015 | Development, Development Plan
A month ago today I blogged on the Unley Central Precinct project and asked for your input. That blog can be viewed here. Thank you those of you who have already responded to the survey with the letter we sent you on the 5th of this month. The feedback we have...
by Don Palmer | Nov 23, 2015 | Development
In this 5th post on the subject of the draft Planning Bill introduced into Parliament by Minister Rau I will summarise the thoughts I have made public in my previous 4 blogs. With luck Mr Rau might take my thoughts on board in lieu of branding me too as one of those...
by Don Palmer | Nov 21, 2015 | Development
In the second of this series of blogs I noted that the minister believes that the focus of public involvement in the development planning process shoudl be at the stage of development plan amendments not at the assessment stage. His logic has good but limited...
by Don Palmer | Nov 21, 2015 | Development
The Minister is not wrong when he identifies the conflict faced by elected members sitting on Development Assessment Panels. I understand and respect the concerns he has in respect of the pressure that being placed in an adjudication role has on someone whose primary...
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