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AustraliaMorphettville, South AustraliaPlanning Consent granted, subject to reserved matters / conditions

Morphettville: care and retirement living gets consent

Planning consent has been granted for care and retirement living at 29–31 Austral Terrace. The decision specifies 139 supported-accommodation units and 17 independent-living units.

GoSiteHunt EditorialPublished 2 min readSources checked

Exterior buildings and car park at Morphettville Racecourse in a 2012 area photograph; not the Bupa development site.
Area photograph — not the approved developmentMorphettville Racecourse, photographed 3 November 2012. District context only: this is not 29–31 Austral Terrace or the approved development. Original photograph, unchanged.Photo: Orderinchaos / Wikimedia Commons · Image source ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗

Key takeaways

  • Planning consent granted on 2026-08-12, subject to conditions and reserved matters.
  • The accompanying photograph shows area context, not the approved project.

The consented redevelopment

The State Commission Assessment Panel granted planning consent on 12 August 2026 for a five-storey care and retirement-living redevelopment at 29–31 Austral Terrace, Morphettville.

The decision provides for 139 supported-accommodation units and 17 independent-living units across three stages. Conditions and reserved matters apply. Planning consent is a milestone in the approval process; it does not by itself confirm a construction start.

GoSiteHunt analysis: use the final unit mix

Announcements and planning decisions can describe different versions of a project. When using local development activity in a site search, check the accommodation mix and staging in the actual decision. A total unit count alone gives little insight into how a care project operates or how its delivery is organised.

Read the sources

Planning decision: . Source check: . Follow the original records for conditions, supporting documents and subsequent changes.

  1. SCAP decision ↗saplanningcommission.sa.gov.au

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