GLENSIDE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT

212 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (13 February 2007). Are there any plans to build a three-storey Housing Trust development on the open space land in the former Glenside Hospital orchard?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability, Minister Assisting the Premier in Cabinet Business and Public Sector Management): In June 2005 a South Australian Housing Trust application for 21 flats in three blocks of three storey buildings on Lot 739 Greenhill Road, the former Glenside Hospital orchard was approved by the Development Assessment Commission.

An appeal against the development decision was subsequently lodged in the Environment, Resources and Development Court by both Victoria Grove Retirement Village and the City of Burnside. The appeal was deferred until October 2007 to consider further options.

The South Australian Housing Trust has since withdrawn its planning application for the units on Greenhill Road as a result of plans announced by the Government to redevelop the Glenside Hospital site.