Final report approved.

At it's meeting on 18 June 2024, council formally approved the proposed land revocation to enable the transfer of the subject land to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water.

Please see the minutes of the meeting here.

The Aldin­ga Wash­pool is one of Adelaide’s last remain­ing coastal fresh­wa­ter and estu­ar­ine lagoon systems. It is a well-known habi­tat for a wide range of native species, particularly birds and swamp plants, many of which have sig­nif­i­cant con­ser­va­tion value.

Council recently approved the commencement of a revocation of community land classification for Council land at Loongana Road, Aldinga Beach and Button Road, Sellicks Beach for transfer to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water (CEW) for Stage 2 proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (NPWS) as an addition to the Aldinga Conservation Park.

The proposed transfer of ownership from the Council to the Minister CEW for this public land will consolidate the land tenure of the Washpool, enable an additional proclamation as Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 and ensure effective management of this wetland system.

The proposed land parcels are shown outlined in red on the location map and are identified as follows:

• Allotment 116 - classified as 'Drainage Reserve' is approximately 1.52 hectares (Loongana Road, Aldinga Beach)
• Allotment 11 - classified as 'Cultural Significant Areas, Aboriginal Heritage' is approximately 5.171 hectares (Button Road, Sellicks Beach)

If approved, the boundaries of the Conservation Park will increase in size to include these two parcels of land with park regulations governing public access and allowable activities.

Consultation on this proposal closed on 1 September 2023.

Proposed revocation of community land to proceed.

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback.

During the consultation, 310 people were aware of the proposal and 72 people provided feedback. You can read the full engagement feedback report here.

At its meeting on 14 November 2023, Council resolved the following:

That for the Council owned land described as Allotment (Reserve) 116 in Deposited Plan 6326 comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 5708 Folio 649 and Allotment 11 in Filed Plan 10453 comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 5485 Folio 81, Council:

• Receives the Community engagement feedback report from the public consultation phase of the community land revocation process.
• Resolves, having considered the submissions received during the public consultation phase, to proceed with the process to revoke the subject land from its community land classification.
• Approves that a request be forwarded to the Minister for Local Government seeking approval to the revocation of the subject land from its community land classification for transfer to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water and addition to the Aldinga Conservation Park.
• Requests that a final update report be presented to Council once the Minister’s decision regarding the proposed revocation has been received, to enable finalisation of the revocation process.

A letter will now be sent to the Minister for a final decision regarding the proposal.

View the council minutes here.

We will update this page again once the final decision has been made.