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Development

Lodging an Application

Lodge Building Documents Lodge Additional Documents Lodge Private Certified Documents

The Development Act 1993 states that any activity falling under the definition of “Development” requires approval. The activities include:

  • Advertising sign
  • Alteration, conversion, addition or external painting of heritage building or place
  • Change in the use of land
  • Construction, alteration or addition to a building or structure
  • Demolition of building
  • Division of an allotment
  • Excessive pruning or removal of a significant tree or regulated tree
  • Solar panels on tilt frame

Lodgement Method

We endeavour to make lodging development applications quick and easy and provide you with various ways to lodge using one of the methods listed below:

  • online: refer to "Lodge Development Application" (above)
  • hard copy lodgement via drop box at Council Civic Centre, 163 St Vincent St, Port Adelaide
  • by post: to PO BOX 110, Port Adelaide, SA 5015

Upon receiving the development application form and relevant documentation, an invoice will be send to the applicant with the relevant fees requires to be paid. Applicants can make payments by cheque or credit card by ringing 8405 6600, quoting the development application number.

Council will not commence assessment until all fees are paid.

Documents Required

All applications for development other than land division are to be submitted to the Council together with:

  • Development Application Form available in Related Documents and Power Declaration Form. (*)
  • Site Plan (minimum scale 1:200). (*)
  • Floor plan and Elevations (minimum scale 1:100). (*)
  • Technical Specifications (for example manufacturer’s span tables, engineers report)
  • Supporting Documentation
  • Certificate of Title to confirm site boundaries and easements on the property,
  • Construction Industry Training Levy Receipt (if building work exceeds $40,000)

Mandatory documents marked with an (*)

Please download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat to utilise this form.

Note: Form cannot be filled in and saved in Google Chrome, you will need to save the file and then open in Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill in details and save the file and then open in Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill in details and save.

For a Land Division application, it must be lodged with the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).

Hard Copy Development Application Disclaimer

Please be advised that Development Applications submitted as hard copy may take several days to be lodged. Alternatively, Development Applications can be lodged through our Online Portal above or via email to service@cityofpae.sa.gov.au. For any further queries in relation to the lodgement of Development Application’s please contact 8405 6600.

"We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we stand, the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Port Adelaide Enfield Council meets. It is also the Place of the Kardi, the Emu, whose story travels from the coast inland. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We respect their spiritual beliefs and connections to land which are of continuing importance to the living Kaurna People of today. We further acknowledge the contributions and important role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within our shared community."