The King William Street Local Area, with its central boulevard between South Terrace and North Terrace with Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga at its heart, will leverage its existing high amenity and proximity to public transport and local services for increased growth.

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1. Address the road, cycling and pedestrian function of King William Street with a view to reducing vehicle volumes and speed, increasing greening and prioritising pedestrian crossings, with a focus on active transport connections at the southern end.

2. Encourage master planning of large and under-utilised sites suitable for redevelopment or adaptive reuse to residential uses on or near King William Street.

3. Improve the east-west connectivity within the city through both public transport and greener corridors that provide cooler more pleasant places to walk and cycle and provide stronger connections to King William Street.

4. Identify opportunities to provide a local level (at least 250-300 sq m) community centre to serve the needs of the south and south-west of the city, located in one of the local areas of West Terrace, King William Street, or Grote Gateway.

5. Review opportunities for an indoor sports centre to meet the needs of the south and north-west of the city, located in one of the local areas of West Terrace, West End, King William Street, Grote Gateway, Wakefield Gateway, Hutt Street or Whitmore Square

The place principles for the local area are:

• Continue to support activities and events within the local area, particularly at Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, balancing the need for public amenity and improving experience of the open space while ensuring consistency with the National Heritage Management Plan for the Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout.
• Improve the relationship between Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga and its western edge, providing better access to the Adelaide Central Market precinct.
• Investigate pop-up or permanent food and beverage offering within the Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, that is also adaptable for events that are held there throughout the year while ensuring consistency with the National Heritage Management Plan for the Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout.
• Support vibrancy and activation of the local area through:
  • extended business trading hours and diversified tenancy mix.
  • development and activations of underutilised sites and buildings.
• Diversify housing supply by converting vacant or underutilised buildings, repurposing existing structures, and revitalising heritage and character buildings through innovative adaptive reuse with particular focus on vacant office buildings.
• Protect existing land uses that play an important role in contributing to the character and vibrancy of the area.
• Minimise land use conflicts by designing to ensure that residential uses can co-exist with supporting commercial and leisure functions.
• Retain the views and vistas of important civic landmark buildings including the Adelaide
• Town Hall, the General Post Office and St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Cathedral.
• Support the main street function of King William Street by investing in cycle routes, public realm and street greening of connecting east-west streets.
• Optimise tram operations in the local area by providing signal priority and improved pedestrian connection and permeability to tram stops.