South Australia’s wine regions are clearly a magnet for tourists.  But the accommodation offering has not always been adequate to keep tourists in these regions for as long as possible, particularly given the relative ease of access to metropolitan Adelaide. A new tourist accommodation and function centre at McLaren Vale designed by Cox Architecture will […]

Award winning Cedar Woods is helping to realise more of Glenside’s unique potential.  The latest cause for celebration is the recent State Planning Commission’s approval of 62 two storey dwellings and associated open space and water sensitive urban design landscaped areas. In 2015, Cedar Woods was selected by the State Government to develop the 16.5 […]

Pragmatism often plays a role in planning, particularly development assessment.  For example, where undesirable development exists it is pragmatic to presume that replacement development that is less undesirable is a step in the right direction.  This type of rationale is applied to often embedded car parking shortfalls, as well as questions of land use and […]

Australians took more than 6 million leisure trips overseas last year.  Covid-19 has confined us to domestic travel for the foreseeable future.  And half of all Australians want to travel domestically when restrictions lift with coastal areas being particularly popular.  This turns attention to our own tourism hot-spots. Glenelg is one of South Australia’s tourism […]

Thomas Foods International’s commitment to the Murray Bridge region and South Australia has been boosted by the recent planning approval of its new meat processing facility.  The Council Assessment Panel (CAP) was impressed with the best practice, modern processing facility proposal, declaring it to be an exceptional development on a very well chosen site.  The […]

With SA’s borders set to reopen on 20 July and overseas travel off the list for the foreseeable future, regional tourism is set to capture a major slice of the $65 billion up for grabs that Australians would normally spend on overseas travel. The Nature-based Tourism Co-investment Fund is a grant program designed to assist […]

Our work facilitating and assessing infill development can be contentious at times.  Neighbours are often worried about the impact of such development on their amenity, whether it be changing character, loss of sunlight, or more traffic and less parking availability.  We acknowledge these apprehensions and work hard to ensure that impacts are mitigated in all […]

Adaptive reuse of historic buildings is one of the key South Australian State Planning Policies.  It is also anticipated in the provisions of most Development Plans and the draft Planning & Design Code. Achieving adaptive reuse, however, is often very challenging.  This is why the approval of the Emali Child Care Centre at Mount Osmond […]