The Grote Gateway Local Area will become a welcoming and vibrant mixed-use boulevard for people arriving from Adelaide Airport and western suburbs. The Grote Gateway will provide engaging and convenient connections between the Adelaide Central Market District and an activated West Terrace.

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1. Continue to enhance the arrival experience to the CBD such that the Grote Gateway Local Area is a recognisable and attractive ‘gateway’ into the city for visitors arriving from the Adelaide Airport.

2. Invest in local infrastructure and services to encourage pedestrian and active transport connections along Grote Street with a focus on increased pedestrian movement to the west of Morphett Street.

3. Leverage investment in stimulus projects to encourage further mixed used and residential development in the local area.

4. Create meaningful north-south connections through the local area to support people walking, wheeling and cycling throughout the area with a focus on extending the Riverbank to Adelaide Central Market pedestrian link to South Terrace (Strategy 4 – Activating North-south Laneways). 

5. Ensure sunlight access on the southern side of streets to provide a comfortable pedestrian environment.

6. 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, Grote Gateway or Whitmore Square.

7. 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:

• Provide an urban design outcome for Grote Street that creates a cohesive brand as the gateway to the city.
• Enable activation and attract visitors by improving the western end of Grote Gateway Local Area to the same level of pedestrian experience as the eastern end with a comfortable walking environment and places to stop and dwell.
• Connect laneways in the local area to support the function of Gouger Street as a main street and provide interest and diversity within the laneways to contribute to the experience of place.
• Prioritise greening on main streets and laneways to function as a network of activated and shaded places (Strategy 1 - A Green City Grid).
• Support mixed use development to bring a diversity of economic benefits to the area and promote the main street function of Grote Street, through increased services to better connected urban streets supported by active shopfronts and businesses.
• Diversify housing supply by converting vacant or underutilised buildings, repurposing existing structures, and revitalising heritage and character buildings through innovative adaptive reuse.
• 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.
• Improve public transport access as well as north-south and east-west connectivity within the local area to support transport modal shift.
• Plan for the local area to accommodate a main public transport route from the Adelaide Airport to the main commercial centre in the CBD.
• Investigate over the longer term, a light rail loop new public transport infrastructure along West Terrace adding to the appeal of Grote Street as a focus for economic development (Strategy 6 – Establishing the City Loop).