Development Approvals

The Development Act establishes a legal structure for controlling the use and development of land throughout South Australia. It refers to a wide range of activities associated with building work, changes in land use, advertising displays, and land division and Community Title division. It can be a simple domestic structure or a complex major commercial project, but an application and subsequent approval is necessary.

Between 2005 and 2008 there were 17,047 development approvals in the City of Onkaparinga. These were divided between 3,984 approvals for residential developments, totaling more than $609 million, and 13,063 other approvals, totaling more than $485 million.

Residential and Other Development Approvals

	Residential		Other		TOTAL
	$ Value	No.	$ Value	No.	$ Value	No.
2005	$110,435,028	935	$143,919,062	3,364	$254,354,090	4,299
2006	$130,602,530	843	$178,581,708	3,367	$309,184,238	4,210
2007	$157,250,544	998	$84,306,149	3,161	$241,556,693	4,159
2008	$210,757,891	1,208	$79,126,731	3,171	$289,884,622	4,379
TOTAL	$609,045,993	3,984	$485,933,650	13,063	$1,094,979,643	17,047

Residential and Other Development Approvals Graph

Source:

City of Onkaparinga, City Development CorpData

'Other' development approvals

‘Other’ excludes dwellings but includes additions to existing dwellings, minor buildings (garages, carports and verandahs) swimming pools, retaining walls and commercial or industrial premises. Within this group of approvals are some very significant developments for the City of Onkaparinga in 2008, for example:

$13.6 million retirement village
$2.9 million shopping centre at Moana
$2 million warehouse at O’Halloran Hill