The Executive Director of Planning and Land Use Services (PLUS) has issued an update on Machinery of Government (MoG) changes, which are to see the Agency leave the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD).
The Executive Director, Sally Smith (pictured) said PLUS would leave the AGD and join with the Department for Trade and Investment.
“Despite this change of Department, the structure of PLUS, our mission and our core functions will remain the same,” Ms Smith said.
“Machinery of Government changes like this take time,” she said.
“Over the next few months the details will be worked through with the official transition expected by the end of the financial year.”
She said that in the meantime, planning work continued apace at PLUS.
“Earlier in the month members of the Regional Planning team travelled to Port Pirie for a site visit as part of preliminary work for the Port Pirie Master Plan Project,” she said.
“This is a significant project which will involve close collaboration with the Port Pirie Regional Council and a range of other State Government Agencies.
“In addition to its primary objective of helping to reduce blood lead and environmental lead levels, the Port Pirie Master Plan Project will involve planning for long-term economic prosperity, community wellbeing, climate change resilience and environmental sustainability in one of our State’s most significant regional communities.”
Ms Smith said another major project in progress was the Statewide Bushfire Hazards Overlay Code Amendment.
“This project will review the current policy framework (spatial layers and policy content) of the six Hazard (Bushfire Risk) Overlays as well as explore other planning instruments and mechanisms to assist in mitigating bushfire hazard impacts,” she said.
Ms Smith said public consultation on the Code Amendment was scheduled for later this year.
