CASA President Dianne van Eck and Vice President Sandy Wilkinson presented to the Expert Panel for the Planning System Implementation Review last week and it went extremely well. The PowerPoint can be found here, which is an excellent source of information for your submissions – which are due on 16 December.

A link to all the info on the review is here, including the survey, registrations for the community info sessions and background papers.

Our AGM was well attended and the Chair of the State Planning Commission, Craig Holden, was very generous with his time. His key message was that our advocacy does matter! A summary of his presentation can be found in the draft AGM minutes here.

CASA and the National Trust are facilitating several workshops during November to help you engage with the Expert Panel review requirements.

We have been told the best approach for our CASA submission and any of your submissions is to provide specific examples of streets, areas and addresses where the Act and Code are not working or not working well. For this, we will need your local area knowledge and examples. Don’t forget to read the discussion papers.

 #1: Wednesday 2 November at 7pm. CASA members only

Community Alliance SA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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CASA has published a brochure outlining reforms to the Planning System in South Australia and has sent it to all sitting members of the South Australian Parliament in the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council.

It will be sent to all candidates as soon as we know who they all are.  Nominations close on 28th February.

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At the AGM 2021 a new committee was elected.

Dr Iris Iwanicki remains President
Tom Matthews remains Treasurer with assistance from Laura Pieraccini
Janet Scott is now Secretary

Congratulations to additional committee members Liz Vines, Margaret-Anne Copeland, Sandy Wilkinson and Lilian Henschke, Laura Pieraccini and thanks for all you do!

Thank you to Christel Mex and Kevin O’Leary who have served us well and now take a well earned break.

Panel members include Anita Allen from Planning SA, Stephen Smith from the Local Government Association and Melissa Ballantyne from the Environment Defenders Office. A short Q&A session will follow with questions from the audience. And don’t miss the supper afterwards!

CASA President, Dr Iris Iwanicki, recently presented to Parliament’s Environment, Resources and Development Committee regarding the full activation of the Planning and Design Code.

Click on the link below to download your copy of the submission:

CASA submission to ERDC May 2021

We won’t know what the activated Code is until Friday, 19th March 2021  and do not know what the Commission heard from the last 6 week consultation that closed on the 18th December, 2020!  In the meantime, check out the Conservation Council’s  Planning committee presentation on the current state of the Code prior to activation this coming Friday, 19th   March 2021in 2 days time! While  the information is relevant to the Conservation movement it also provides an overview relevant to Community Alliance members. Click on the green link below to view.

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On 25 February, Community Alliance held its quarterly general meeting at the Box Factory and welcomed two  guest speakers.

Our first speaker was Francis Turland from the National Heart Foundation. She provided an overview of its work in encouraging healthy living. While her portfolio includes physical activity and nutrition, her presentation focused on what makes neighbourhoods healthy and in particular how planning can achieve good developments and facilities to make healthy living possible for residents.  Her talk was inspiring and by the many informative booklets on aspects of good planning, it is clear the Heart Foundation sets an example of how organisations can promote personal and local responses to the challenges of climate change. Successful Heart Foundation programs include walking groups in local areas, healthy living choices information brochures and research data with data for future planning. Her presentation was passionate and proactive. A bouquet of flowers was awarded in appreciation of her excellent presentation, which is available below.

Our second guest speaker, The Honourable Mark Parnell, provided both a response to Francis’ presentation and advice that CASA members should check the Code and portal after activation on the 17th March. The next step is to submit comments to the Parliamentary Committee on Planning Review with any issues arising from what will be the initial fully authorised Code.  Planning authorities must have regard only to Code provisions as all Development Plan contents will become defunct.

As the meeting marks the 10th year of CASA, President Iris invited the treasurer, Tom Matthews to thank Mark Parnell for his continuous advice and support. Mark and Tom were at the first meeting as were some of our stalwart members who attended.  To mark CASA’s appreciation, a wee gift was presented to Mark in appreciation of his good humour, passion and support for the environment in parliament.

After a short break of Covid hospitality (tongs and packaged biscuits), the general meeting was held and the minutes are below. The best news was that our committee was about to meet with Attorney General Hon Vickie Chapman the next day on the Code, and that presentation is now available below. 

A film evening to support CASA’s continued engagement with the planning reform is being held on Friday, 16 April featuring the movie “The Father”, starring Anthony Hopkins. We are looking for volunteers to help with the raffle prizes and ticket selling, and to bring friends and relatives along to the movie night at the Capri on the 16th of April. Please email our secretary Christel with any prize donations, or offers to assist on the night to help us make this a fun event! And don’t forget to book your tickets by clicking on this link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-alliance-movie-night-the-father-tickets-140019089867

Minutes CASA General Meeting 25 Feb 2021

Heart Foundation Frances Turland presentation to Community Alliance SA 25 Feb 2021man

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THIS IS OUR 10^TH YEAR – “PUTTING THE PEOPLE BACK INTO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN SA”

Yes, it’s on again – Our next General Meeting this Thursday evening please join us and be one of the lucky 37 Members and Friends to actually Be There!

You can book now (see below) for our next ‘live and in-person’ General Meeting on Thursday, 25 February at 7pm. It will be held at our old stomping ground at the Box Factory, 59 Regent Street, Adelaide (enter from Carrington Street).

This will be a COVID safe event so numbers are limited. to 37.  To secure your seat, click on this link  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-alliance-general-meeting-tickets-137729411377

We are delighted to confirm Ms Francis Turland from the Australian Heart Foundation as our guest speaker on the theme, ‘Have a Heart for happy communities-how can we plan for them?

The Hon Mark Parnell will also be joining us to give us an update on all things Planning. Mark is going to retire shortly – yes retire – and we will be thanking him for his wonderful support over the last ten years and also to Mark’s Chief of Staff, Cate Mussared, for all the good things she has done for the Community Alliance SA over all those years.

It all began on 27^th  November 2011.

We will also give you an update on the planning reforms and we look forward to hearing the latest from your neck of the woods.

Agenda papers can be downloaded below.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Dr Iris Iwanicki
President

210225 Agenda CASA General Meeting 25 2 2021 docx

CASA Minutes 6 February 2020

210208 January 2021 Income and Expenditure Statement