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A large number of the State Government land holdings are public housing, covering a combined area of
342.58 hectares. The State Government owns more than 900 hectares of vacant land, accounting for
32% of its total land holdings.
Port Adelaide Enfield
owns 352.6 hectares of land, 77.9 (or 22%) of which is currently vacant. The
largest Council-owned sites in Port Adelaide Enfield is 36 hectares at Gillman, 34 hectares at Osborne
and 33 hectares at Regency Park.
Charles Sturt
owns a similar amount of land as Port Adelaide Enfield at 349.5 hectares, but a much
smaller percentage of this is vacant (32.1 hectares covering 9.2% of Council owned land). The largest
Council-owned land holdings in Charles Sturt are much smaller in area than those in Port Adelaide
Enfield, at 15 hectares in Henley Beach and West Beach, and 11 hectares at Semaphore Park.
West Torrens Council
owns 138.3 hectares of land, 24.2 (17.5%) of which is vacant. The largest of
these is 11 hectares at Torrensville, and 10 hectares at Novar Gardens.
With the exception of the former Clipsal site at Bowden and to a lesser extent some sites around
Woodville Station, Woodville West and at St Clair, no level of Government is a significant land owner in
places identified for transit-oriented developments and higher density urban villages. In many of these
places, land ownership is privately held and fragmented (i.e. owned by many people) which will make the
transformation of these localities difficult to co-ordinate.
9.4.
Summary
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Residential zoning covers nearly 60% of the Study Area, with Industrial zoning covering 23% of the
region. Port Adelaide Enfield has the most Industry land use and zoning in the region, while
Charles Sturt contains the largest concentration of residential zoning and land use. The Adelaide
Airport is a significant land use in the City of West Torrens.
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Across the region, manufacturing, transport, postal and warehousing, and utility services are the
biggest industrial land uses. While planning policy has sought to concentrate commercial land uses
into designated centres, the region has seen significant commercial development along arterial
roads.
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State and Local Government are significant land owners, while the Commonwealth Government’s
land holdings are limited to the airport and small number of other sites. Most of the larger parcels of
vacant land in the region are located on the Lefevre Peninsula and north of Grand Junction Road.
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Industrial, residential and commercial land may be affected by flooding and inundation from sea
level rise, storm surge, and episodic rises in surface waters; higher temperature on buildings and
open areas; and hydrological changes which could affect structural integrity of buildings. Impacts
will be varied depending on specific geography and land use. It will be important to prepare land
use strategies to accommodate new forms of development that will be able to respond to direct and
