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Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council · Planning and Design Code · Port Pirie & Mid North Regional town

Council
Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council
Planning scheme
Planning and Design Code
Overlays mapped here
Hazards (Bushfire — High Risk) · Hazards (Bushfire — Medium Risk) · Hazards (Bushfire — General Risk) · Hazards (Bushfire — Urban Interface) · Hazards (Flooding — High) · Local Heritage Place · State Heritage Place
Residential zones mapped
Master Planned Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood
Rural Living
Rural Neighbourhood
Township Activity Centre
Township Main Street
Bushfire-prone land
Mapped in this suburb
Local Heritage Places
10
Acid sulfate soils
None mapped
Minimum Dwelling Allotment Size
Minimum dwelling allotment size is 16 ha
Minimum Frontage
12m; semi-detached dwelling is 10m; row dwelling is 7m; group dwelling is 18m; residential flat building is 18m · 15m; semi-detached dwelling is 13m; row dwelling is 10m; group dwelling is 10m; residential flat building is 10m
Minimum Site Area
Minimum site area for a detached dwelling is 350 sqm; semi-detached dwelling is 300 sqm; row dwelling is 250 sqm; group dwelling is 300 sqm; residential flat building is 300 sqm
+4 other rules mapped in this suburb
Maximum Building Height (Metres)
Maximum building height is 9m
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 Clare

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What building in Clare actually involves

Clare allows a detached dwelling on 350 sqm — one of the smallest detached minimums published on this site — while mapping bushfire hazard in all four categories.

A small detached minimum in a country town

350 sqm for a detached dwelling, 300 sqm semi-detached and 250 sqm for a row dwelling, with a 12m frontage for detached. Most regional South Australian towns here sit at 450 to 600 sqm. That makes Clare unusually permissive about compact detached housing — and it means a block that looks too small by country standards may well work.

Bushfire graded across every band

High Risk, Medium Risk, General Risk and Urban Interface are all mapped. A block inside any of them is built to a Bushfire Attack Level, and the rating reaches cladding, windows, decking and screening. In a valley town surrounded by vineyard and scrub this is the control most likely to move a price.

A 16 hectare minimum dwelling allotment on rural land

A separate rule from site area, and it governs whether a dwelling is contemplated on the land at all. Six zones are mapped in total, from Neighbourhood and Master Planned Neighbourhood through Rural Living and Rural Neighbourhood.

Flooding, and height

A Hazards (Flooding — High) overlay is mapped. Height is capped at 9m and 2 levels.

What to ask a builder

Ask for the BAL rating before you agree a price — with four bands mapped, it is not guessable. Ask which of the six zones applies.

Local landmarks in Clare

Questions about building in Clare

What is the minimum site area in Clare?

350 sqm for a detached dwelling, 300 sqm semi-detached and 250 sqm for a row dwelling — unusually small for a regional South Australian town, where 450 to 600 sqm is more typical.

Is Clare bushfire prone?

Across all four bands — High Risk, Medium Risk, General Risk and Urban Interface are all mapped. A block inside any of them is built to a Bushfire Attack Level.

What zones apply in Clare?

Six: Neighbourhood, Master Planned Neighbourhood, Rural Living, Rural Neighbourhood, Township Activity Centre and Township.

What is a minimum dwelling allotment size?

A separate rule from site area — here 16 ha on rural land — governing whether a dwelling is contemplated on the land at all, regardless of what you could fit.

How tall can I build?

9m, with a separate cap of 2 levels. Both tests apply.

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