The Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy 2015 -2025 (APLMS) provides a framework for the important and ongoing advisory role of the Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority (Kadaltilla) on Park Lands policy and projects. Kadaltilla is committed to the protection and enhancement of the Park Lands as a globally recognised park system which surrounds and permeates the city, and which are central to its identity.

The APLMS also guides the decision making and funding contributions of both the City of Adelaide and the State Government.

The Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy (APLMS) is an aspirational document which identifies what Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority, Council and the State Government are trying to achieve at a strategic level.

The Community Land Management Plan (CLMP) identifies how the land will be used and managed.

These two documents must work together such that the CLMP must be consistent with the APLMS. 

The Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 requires that Kadaltilla undertake a comprehensive review of the Management Strategy at least once every 5 years.

Yes, the below documents summarise different themes from the draft APLMS:

• Fact Sheet – What's Changed
• Fact Sheet – Who are Kadaltilla & What is the APLMS
• Fact Sheet – Adelaide Park Lands Golf Course & Surrounds
• Fact Sheet – Legislative Context & Interactions
• Fact Sheet – Adelaide Park Lands Investment
• Fact Sheet – Community Buildings
• Fact Sheet – Access Roads and Car Parking

Engagement To-Date

In early 2022, a comprehensive review of the APLMS was commenced in line with the Act. The purpose of Phase 1 was to test the vision, outcomes and priorities contained in the APLMS 2005-2015 and explore new ideas and opinions to inform the review.

Phase 1 engaged with 18 stakeholder groups representing three distinct communities categorised by their level of interest, impact, and knowledge.

Methods of engagement were tailored to each stakeholder group, including workshops, Kadaltilla Board meetings, online surveys (Your Say Adelaide), advisory/reference groups and public forums. This strategic and comprehensive approach successfully captured community feedback across three levels of involvement (consultation, involvement, and collaboration) relevant to the knowledge base, areas of interest and technical capacity of each group.

Phase 1 included feedback from over 2,500 community engagement participants over a nine-month consultation window, including:

• 246 people participated in person
• 438 responses received in person
• over 2,500 individual responses received via post, email, social media or Your Say.

Engagement gained insight into how communities value and use the Park Lands and actively sought input about issues and opportunities with the current APLMS and future visions for the Park Lands.

Consultation Themes and Investigation Areas reflect the analysis of a thorough consultation phase that represents a wide variety of stakeholders. Feedback indicated that the vision, outcomes, and priorities of the APLMS remain relevant, appropriate and important. The analysis also revealed key areas to focus on in future investigations.

Phase 2 of the APLMS strengthened the representation of under-represented stakeholders and groups and engaged with seven main stakeholder groups. The draft APLMS was further informed by Phase 2 where the opportunity was also taken to test and shape early project ideas and respond to, and build upon, an overarching vision for the APLMS.

The Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority (Kadaltilla) will consider all of the feedback it receives as part of the current engagement. The information gathered via the survey and drop-in sessions will inform the development of a revised draft APLMS. 

In accordance with section 18(4) of the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005, in order to vary the APLMS, Kadaltilla must prepare a draft of the proposal and then refer the proposal to the Minister for Planning, the City of Adelaide, and any State authority or adjoining council that has a direct interest in the proposal, which is the purpose of this engagement. 

As the variations made to the draft APLMS are not considered of minor significance, public consultation is anticipated to be undertaken from April 2024 as per section 18(5) of the Act with any interested persons invited to make written submissions to Kadaltilla and attend a public meeting to be held in relation to the proposal.

In accordance with sections 18(6)-(8) of the Act, following consultation Kadaltilla will amend the draft APLMS and furnish copies of the report to the Minister for Planning and the City of Adelaide for them to confer on the APLMS and either adopt the proposal with or without amendment, or refer the proposal back to the Kadaltilla for further consideration.

In the event the APLMS is adopted, the requirements of sections 18(9)-(10) of the Act will then be progressed, which include the Minister within six sitting days after the APLMS is adopted, causing copies of the APLMS to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and the City of Adelaide and the Minister ensuring copies of the revised APLMS are kept available for public inspection.

Based on the above, it will be recommended that the APLMS be varied by the substitution of a new APLMS, in accordance with section 18(12) of the Act, and Kadaltilla will undertake a comprehensive review of the APLMS at least once every 5 years, in accordance with section 18(14) of the Act.