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03-08-2026

The Window Between Approval and Titles Need Not Be Dead Time: Which Consents the New Wording Covers on an Allotment That Does Not Exist Yet

Which consents you can lodge against an approved allotment that does not exist yet, how to reference a future lot, and what still has to wait.

02-08-2026

Should You Subdivide or Just Sell in Adelaide? Why Booking Your Own Land at Zero Distorts the Answer

What belongs on the land line of your feasibility, who values it, and how to compare developing with simply selling on the same after-tax basis.

28-07-2026

Same Size, Same Zone, Different Answer: How a Block’s Shape and Orientation Decide What Fits

Battle-axe, corner, narrow and north-facing: how a block’s shape and aspect decide how many homes fit, and what to test before you buy or sell.

27-07-2026

Sequencing a Multi-Lot Sell-Down in South Australia: The Gates Between Deposit of Plan, the Form 1 and Every Settlement

Selling subdivided lots one settlement at a time: the gates between deposit of plan, Form 1, clearance certificates and the day your facility has to be retired.

26-07-2026

Why You Cannot Rezone Your Way Out of an Environment and Food Production Area: The Restriction Does Not Live in the Code

A Code Amendment changes the Planning and Design Code, but an EFPA is a designation under the Act — which is why a rezoning does not reach it.

26-07-2026

Selling With Your Neighbours in Adelaide: Splitting the Price Between Titles, and What Happens If One Owner Pulls Out

Three neighbours, one developer, one offer. How Adelaide owners divide an assembly premium, what one-out-all-out linkage costs, and how a holdout is handled.

26-07-2026

Your Land Is Inside an SA Infrastructure Scheme: What It Decides, and When You Actually Get a Say

A scheme is being written over your South Australian growth-area land: what it settles, where owners still get a say, and why the staging sets your timing.

25-07-2026

Can the House Come Down? Historic Area and Character Area Overlays in Inner Adelaide, and What Each One Actually Controls

Historic Area or Character Area? Which overlay sits on your inner-ring Adelaide title decides whether demolition is assessed at all, and where risk sits.

25-07-2026

The Sewer at the Back of Your Adelaide Block: SA Water Easements, Build-Over Approval and Whether a New Lot Can Be Serviced

An SA Water main or easement across your Adelaide block can decide your lot layout: what the asset search, build-over approval and servicing each answer.

25-07-2026

A Developer Wants an Option on Your Land, Not a Contract of Sale: What You Are Actually Being Paid For

A developer wants an option over your South Australian land, not a contract. What a call or put and call deed ties up, and what the option fee actually pays for.

25-07-2026

Encumbrances and Land Management Agreements in an SA Land Division: The Title Instruments That Can Stop New Titles Issuing

Approval granted but titles not issuing? How estate encumbrances and Land Management Agreements on a South Australian title can hold up a plan of division.

25-07-2026

Subdividing on an Adelaide Arterial Road: The Commissioner of Highways Referral That Decides Your Access

Your Adelaide block fronts a main road. Why the highways referral, not the zone, often decides how many allotments and where the cars get in and out.