Home builders in Woodside
Adelaide Hills Council · Planning and Design Code · Adelaide Hills Hills and sloping sites
- Council
- Adelaide Hills Council
- Planning scheme
- Planning and Design Code
- Overlays mapped here
- Hazards (Bushfire — High Risk) · Hazards (Bushfire — Medium Risk) · Hazards (Flooding — High) · Hazards (Flooding — General) · Historic Area Overlay · Local Heritage Place · State Heritage Place · Regulated and Significant Tree
- Residential zones mapped
- Township
Township Main Street - Bushfire-prone land
- Mapped in this suburb
- Local Heritage Places
- 2
- Acid sulfate soils
- None mapped
- Minimum Frontage
- Minimum frontage is 25m
- Minimum Site Area
- Minimum site area for a detached dwelling is 1,000 sqm; semi-detached dwelling is 1,000 sqm; row dwelling is 500 sqm; group dwelling is 500 sqm; residential flat building is 500 sqm
+1 other rule mapped in this suburb - Maximum Building Height (Metres)
- Maximum building height is 8m
- Maximum Building Height (Levels)
- Maximum building height is 2 levels
Planning data from Planning and Design Code via SAPPA (PlanSA) (CC BY 4.0), read 2026-09-14. Suburb-level, not a report on your block — check your address on the SA Property and Planning Atlas.
Builders serving Woodside
None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.
What building in Woodside actually involves
Woodside is a 57 km² Adelaide Hills township with only two residential zones — Township and Township Main Street — and unusually large minimum site areas for a town: 1,000 sqm for a detached dwelling, with a 25m minimum frontage.
A thousand square metres changes the house
That minimum is more than double what a metropolitan Adelaide suburb requires, and it flows through to everything: longer service runs, a longer driveway, more landscaping, and a house designed for a block rather than a frontage. The Code also maps a 2,000 sqm minimum in parts of the suburb.
Two levels, eight metres
Maximum building height is 8m and 2 levels. On a sloping Hills block that is a real constraint on a design that wants to step down the site, and it is worth testing against the contour survey before the design is finalised.
Bushfire, flooding and trees
Hazards (Bushfire) is mapped at High Risk and Medium Risk, Hazards (Flooding) at High and General, and the Regulated and Significant Tree overlay applies. Established trees in the Hills frequently decide where a house can physically sit, and removing them is not a decision the builder gets to make.
What to ask a builder
Ask what BAL rating the quote assumes. Ask whether the design fits inside 8m and two levels on your actual contour. And get an arborist involved before a designer if there are established trees.
Local landmarks in Woodside
- Adelaide Hills Swimming Centre (Woodside)
- Woodside Bowling Club
- Onkaparinga District Hospital
- Woodside Primary School
- SA Country Fire Services Woodside Brigade
- Woodside Ambulance Station
Questions about building in Woodside
What is the minimum block size in Woodside?
The Code maps a 1,000 sqm minimum site area for a detached dwelling, with 2,000 sqm mapped in parts of the suburb, and a 25m minimum frontage. That is well above a metropolitan Adelaide minimum.
How tall can I build in Woodside?
Maximum building height is 8m and two levels. On a sloping Hills block that constrains a design that wants to step down the site, so test it against the contour survey early.
Is Woodside bushfire-prone?
Yes — the Code maps Hazards (Bushfire) at High Risk and Medium Risk. A block inside it needs a Bushfire Attack Level assessment, and the rating drives materials and cost.
Do tree controls apply?
The Regulated and Significant Tree overlay is mapped in Woodside. Established trees often decide where a house can sit, and removal is regulated — get an arborist involved before a designer.
Why is so much of Woodside not zoned for housing?
The suburb is 57 km² and most of it is Productive Rural Landscape. Housing sits in the Township and Township Main Street zones, which is where the numeric rules above apply.