Welcome to the DPAC website
The Development Policy Advisory Committee is a statutory committee established under South Australia’s Development Act 1993 to provide independent advice to the Minister for Urban Development and Planning on:
- Any matter relating to planning or development
- Any matter relating to the design or construction of buildings
- The administration of the Development Act
- The policies that govern the administration of the Development Act
- Proposals to make regulations under the Development Act, or to make amendments to the Act
- Proposals to amend local area Development Plans
- Other assigned functions.
DPAC is not a ‘peak’ industry body, but a Committee that represents a range of views from different sectors of the community (see Members of DPAC).
DPAC has a key role in conducting the consultation process on Development Plan Amendments initiated by the Minister - see the DPAC and Plan Amendments page.
DPAC also has various sub-committees, including the:
One role of the Local Heritage Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the Minister where a dispute exists between a property owner and a local council over the listing of a property by council as a Local Heritage Place (see Local Heritage Advisory Committee).
DPAC generally meets monthly, but may meet more often to accommodate demand. Meetings of the DPAC – other than public meetings for Ministerial Plan Amendments – are not open to the public. The advice of the DPAC is not generally publicly available and any decision to release copies of advice in relation to a particular issue is at the discretion of the Minister.
