Barossa elected members will be presented with detailed reports on proposed amendments to the state’s planning and design code.
It comes as the state planning commission currently seeks comments on the amendments to the design code which is understood to be one of the final tools in reforms to state planning.
The Barossa Council principal planner, Mr Paul Mickan said staff are currently analysing the changes in order to identify potential positive and negative impacts of the code.
“Together with new assessment pathways which should result in fewer proposals having to undergo a non-complying assessment process in a number of zones, the combination of new zones and policies could impact on existing character of townships as a result of lower minimum lot sizes and narrower frontages together with a potential increase in non-residential uses in residential areas,” said Mr...
