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Mount Barker Urban Growth Development Plan Amendment (DPA)

The 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide identifies land at Mount Barker and Nairne as part of Adelaide’s urban land supply for the next 15-years. As part of consultation on the Mount Barker Urban Growth DPA, the Development Policy Advisory Committee considers the feedback via submissions and then prepares a report to the Minister for Urban Development and Planning. The Minister then makes a decision about the DPA.

A number of the submissions, due today, were critical of the ‘consultation’ process and the plan to build over prime agricultural land, a scarce commodity. They noted the inadequacy of infrastructure at Mt Barker and the lack of water to support the proposed 30,000 new residents.

Mt Barker resident, Carol Bailey, a passionate advocate for sustainable communities, detailed her qualms about the DPA at the launch of the Save our Gulfs Embassy at Semaphore on July 31 and the implications for the already stressed River Murray.

Water Apps Inc submission