Ministerial Statement

30-YEAR PLAN FOR GREATER ADELAIDE

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (14:27): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement on future growth areas in Adelaide's north.

Leave granted.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: The 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide identifies potential areas for inclusion within a 15-year pipeline of zoned-ready land for development. The land identified in the plan includes 869 hectares of land at Dry Creek, encompassing the Cheetham salt fields and 203 hectares at the adjacent Globe Derby Park.

More recently, both Globe Derby Park and the Cheetham salt fields were included in the Housing and Employment Land Supply Program report as potential future growth areas in Adelaide's north to assist in the government's aim of achieving the 15-year land supply target. This land was identified in the 30-year plan process due to its close proximity to the central business district, major transport corridors, including the soon to be electrified Gawler line, and both the northern and Port River expressways and key employment lands in the northern and western Adelaide regions.

Since 2008, the land at Cheetham has been subject to a feasibility study by Ridley Corporation and Delfin Lend Lease to determine the financial viability of a residential redevelopment. The HELSP report will be published annually and updated on the progress on achieving this target, reflecting any decisions that are made from year to year regarding the land identified for potential growth or other changed circumstances that impact on the supply program. As with any other growth area, rezoning is subject to extensive negotiation, which will inform its timing and viability.

The investigations for the 1,072 hectares comprising the Cheetham salt fields and Globe Derby Park were to be considered in conjunction. In my reply to a question from the Hon. Terry Stephens on 14 October 2010, I highlighted this very issue. I can now advise that Ridley Corporation has announced to the ASX its intention not to proceed with the next stage of its redevelopment investigations of the Dry Creek salt fields.

While Ridley Corporation remains confident—and I quote from the ASX release—'that the redevelopment of the land will occur at an appropriate time', this announcement obviously affects the consideration of the land at Globe Derby Park for rezoning. Although the government expects that the land identified at Dry Creek and Globe Derby Park will be rezoned within the 30-year life of the plan, any current consideration of rezoning Globe Derby Park will now be put on hold.