Corflute Signs

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:40): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the minister representing the Minister for Planning on the topic of corflutes.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Residents of the West Torrens council, around the area of Kings Reserve, received a letter in their letterboxes from the West Torrens council, dated 8 August this year. That letter read:

We write in regard to the display of a corflute sign on your land.

We acknowledge the resident interest in the recent development application submitted by the Adelaide Football Club to the State Planning Commission and the display of signs coinciding with the assessment process.

Now the planning consent process has been concluded, we are contacting residents still displaying corflute signs.

It is our role to consider the impacts of development upon the residential character and amenity of the neighbourhood for all residents and visitors to the area.

We take this opportunity to advise that the display of advertising material and signage is defined to be 'development' by the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General) Regulations 2017, for which development approval is required.

However, it is unlikely that a development application for a corflute sign of this nature in a residential area would be supported.

Accordingly, the sign is required to be removed from display.

Please ensure this work is undertaken by no later than 9 September 2024.

It then directs the resident to a phone number or an email address, should they have inquiries. My question to the minister is: is this a lawful request? Under what advice has the West Torrens city council advised its residents that a corflute sign about the Crows development would not comply or be given development approval? Would posters for, say, the yes campaign, Free Palestine, a home improvement project or, indeed, Port Power be compliant with such a request under the council's approach to development?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:43): I thank the honourable member for her question. I will refer it to the minister in the other place and bring back a response.