More than 400 new homes under land change plan in Freeling

More than 400 new homes would be built under two separate plans for new housing estates on farming land north of Adelaide.

More than 400 new homes would be built at Freeling, near the Barossa, under two new proposed code amendments to allow houses on farming land.

The code amendments in Freeling – where about 2700 people live – have the potential to create 415 new allotments in a town the state government said has “incredibly” limited housing supply.

Community consultation has finished on one proposal east of Freeling, under which 230 new homes would be built on nearly 30ha of land by landowners Windy Acres and Terese Enterprises.

Allotments between 600 sqm and 1000 sqm would be developed for single and two-storey homes under the plan, with no large-scale commercial or light industrial encouraged.

Community consultation will open within months on the second code amendment for farming land west of the town, on land bound by Stockport Road to the north and Templers Road to the south.

The second code amendment plant for farming land west of Freeling, near the Barossa, where 185 new homes could be built.

Consultation has closed for a land zoning change for this land east of Freeling.

Walton Rural proposes to build 185 new residential allotments on about 20ha of lands that extends to neighbouring residential streets.

Light Regional Council Mayor Bill O’Brien said Freeling had experienced residential growth, including the successful addition of the Freeling Estate, across the past 20 years.

“With its existing services, including the supermarket that opened in July 2022 and a planned medical centre, Freeling is well placed to accommodate additional residential growth,” he said.

The two sections of land fall inside the Greater Adelaide Region, which Planning Minister Nick Champion said was projected to grow by up to 16,558 more people between now and 2041 – the majority in towns such as Freeling.

The township has been averaging 20 new homes a year since 2017, and there are fewer than 50 ‘development ready’ allotments available for new housing.

“The key to fixing the housing crisis is increasing supply across growing areas of our state, which includes towns like Freeling,” Mr Champion said.

“Given the region’s proximity to the Barossa as well as important farming and industrial land the rezonings would create important housing options for people working in the area.”

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Originally published as More than 400 new homes under land change plan in Freeling