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To promote the implementation of the 30 Year Plan, the State Government produced the Housing and
Employment Land Supply Program (HELSP) in 2010, which serves to more effectively guide the
management of land supply for residential, commercial and industrial purposes.
For the Study Area, the HELSP Report notes that while there are limited ‘broadacre’ residential land
development opportunities, the region has continued to provide a steady supply of new dwellings through
infill development. The report also identifies the need to progress structure planning and policy change to
facilitate higher density infill and transit oriented development in key places, such as along the north-west
corridor.
The HELSP report allocates the 30 Year Plan dwelling targets for Western Adelaide into five year
groupings for the first fifteen years of the Plan, as outlined in
Table 14.3
:
Table 14.3: Dwelling Targets for Western Adelaide for the first 15 years of the 30 Year Plan
Time period
Dwelling target
Short term (0-5 years)
6500
Medium term (6-10 years)
7000
Long term (11-15 years)
7000
Total (0-15 years)
20,500
Source: 2010 Report of the Housing and Employment Land Supply Program.
The HELSP Report also provides an indication of the estimated supply of dwelling sites from programmed
developments and minor infill development, with data for Western Adelaide summarised in
Table 14.4
:
Table 14.4: Summary of Anticipated Development in Western Adelaide
Short term
(0-5 years)
Medium term
(6-10 years)
Long term
(11-15 years)
Total
(next 15 years)
Dwelling sites from programmed developments
3938
1450
1000
6388
Infill Development
2500
2250
2000
6750
Source: Housing and Employment Land Supply Program (2010)
14.3.1. Climate Change Impacts and Implications for Regional Growth
The Study Area is forecast to grow by an additional 83,000 people by 2040 and will also experience a
changing population profile. Some issues arising from climate change for regional growth that are
recommended for further consideration in subsequent stages of the WARCCAP are outlined below.
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The population needs increasingly adequate protection from extreme weather into the future.
Dwellings can provide an energy efficient refuge for residents if suitably designed and/or retrofitted
(as well as affordable), while also reducing the region’s demand for electricity. The suitability of
existing dwelling stock throughout the Study Area should be considered further in order to quantify
