A detailed concept plan of future infrastructure that will underpin 12,000 new homes to support around 25,000 to 30,000 new residents at Concordia over the next thirty years has been released.
The state government has announced land rezoning equal to the size of Golden Grove at Concordia and has released details of the Concordia Basic Infrastructure Scheme which will unlock vital new housing and deliver essential public services to the area.
The concept plan highlights proposed infrastructure for Concordia, including future roads, neighbourhoods and a train station.
It also sets aside indicative locations for a future health facility, schools, recreation and community centres and a shopping centre that would sit on a main street.
A landscaped buffer zone will run around the outside of the development area which will keep housing from being built too close to existing primary production land and will preserve the character of the area.
The infrastructure scheme is a new approach that changes the way governments and developers deliver new communities in South Australia.
It will ensure that essential infrastructure such as roads, bridges, stormwater management, water and sewerage are planned and delivered in step with the new residential development.
This scheme will give future residents confidence that infrastructure will be accounted for, funded and delivered in line with the growth of one of South Australia’s largest ever land releases.
A key component of the scheme is introducing a new charging model enabling the recovery of infrastructure costs from developers as land is developed.
By setting out funding responsibilities and cost-sharing arrangements ahead of rezoning and development, the scheme guarantees that both landowners and developers make fair contributions toward the infrastructure required to sustain the new community.
The state government will consult with landowners to finalise the scheme over the coming weeks.
This approach will streamline the development process and will prevent the piecemeal delivery of infrastructure that has previously led to delays and inconsistencies in other growth areas.
Importantly, development cannot occur until infrastructure requirements, costs, funding arrangements and timing in-line with stages of the development have been finalised.
The announcement of the Scheme coincides with the Minister for Planning adopting the Concordia Code Amendment which rezones the land for the future residential development.
With this rezoning, now well over 1,500 hectares of land has been rezoned by the state government since coming to government in 2022, with more than 2,000 further hectares set to be rezoned through code amendments still under assessment.
The Department for Housing and Urban Development has appointed Iain McPhillips as Scheme Coordinator to independently review infrastructure delivery and costs and engage formally with landowners and stakeholders.
The Infrastructure Scheme model will be used for development of major greenfield sites in future and will replace the use of infrastructure deeds which have struggled to maintain relevant costing over the lifetime of a development.
The state government identified about 995 hectares of land at Concordia to be rezoned as part of the single largest release of residential land in the state’s history.
Rezoning the land by September 2025 was a key deadline in the Premier’s Housing Roadmap, meaning the project is on track for civil and landscape works to begin by the end of 2027 and the construction of homes to begin by the end of 2029.
View the concept infrastructure plan.