Pre-lodgement Case Management Service
Improving design and planning outcomes for developments in metropolitan Adelaide
The pre-lodgement service is a free, voluntary and confidential process in which proponents and key decision-makers work together to streamline development applications.
The pre-lodgement service aims to:
- reduce assessment time of development proposals
- provide progressive certainty by resolving planning and design issues up front
- facilitate pre-lodgement agreements that eliminate the need for agency referrals
- allow proponents to obtain feedback from SCAP during the development of their proposal
- advise proponents on how to submit a complete application when and where as required.
Where the service applies
City of Adelaide
Developments that are $10 million or more in value within the City of Adelaide (view Development Plan)
Inner Metropolitan Adelaide
Developments that are five storeys or more in height within an Urban Corridor Zone as described in the council Development Plans of:
- Burnside (view Development Plan)
- Prospect (view Development Plan)
- Unley (view Development Plan)
- West Torrens (view Development Plan)
- Norwood Payneham and St Peters* (view Development Plan)
* includes the 'District Centre Zone' as identified in the suburb of Norwood
Holdfast Bay
Developments that are five storeys or more in height within the District Centre (Jetty Road) Zone and Residential High Density Zone (view Development Plan)
Port Adelaide Enfield
Developments that are $3 million or more in value within the Port Adelaide Regional Centre Zone of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (view Development Plan)
Apply for the service
You can request the pre-lodgement service at any stage of your proposal by making an appointment with the Department.
Please note the service is usually most effective when accessed in the early stages of a proposal.
City and Inner Metro Team
Level 5, 50 Flinders Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 1800 752 664
Email: dpti.pdprelodgementenquiries@sa.gov.au
Downloads
- Form: Application form to commence pre-lodgement service (PDF, 217 KB)
- Checklist: Checklist of materials required for lodgement with DAC (PDF, 249 KB)
- Flow chart: Pathways flow chart comparing the application process with/without the pre-lodgement service (PDF, 82 KB)
- Fact Sheet 1: Overview of the process (PDF, 227 KB) / Overview of the process (simplified Chinese)
- Fact Sheet 2: Step-by-step guide to the service (PDF, 237 KB)
- Fact Sheet 3: Referrals and pre-lodgement agreements (PDF, 260 KB)
- Fact Sheet 4: Government Architect and the Design Review Panel (PDF, 227 KB)
- Fact Sheet 5: Airports (PDF, 235 KB)
- Fact Sheet 6: Affordable housing (PDF, 215 KB)
- Fact Sheet 7: State heritage (PDF, 211 KB)
- Fact Sheet 8: Conditions and Reserved Matters (PDF, 234 KB)
- Fact Sheet 9: Presenting to the Inner Metropolitan Development Assessment Committee (IMDAC)
- Fact Sheet 10: Noise in planning
- Fact Sheet 12: Community engagement %asset_summary_121124 %
- Fact Sheet 13: Port Adelaide Development Assessment Committee (PADAC)
- Fact Sheet 14: Preparing a site context report (PDF, 237 KB)
