Way cleared for Shiralee’s first housing sites
In a milestone for Orange’s newest land release area in south Orange, Orange City Council has issued the first Construction Certificate for a housing subdivision in the Shiralee area.
The first construction certificate is for a 32-lot subdivision off Lysterfield Road, the first stage of a 204-lot housing estate. The overall Shiralee area has space for 1700 house blocks.
Orange City Council's Planning and Development Committee Chair Cr Russell Turner has welcomed the first signs of progress for the award-winning housing area.
“The Shiralee land release is a pioneering project for Orange City Council,” Cr Russell Turner said.
“Rather than waiting for developers to set the tone of a new housing area, the Shiralee project saw the Council aiming to get in early before any subdivisions were proposed and with community consultation, put some high-quality urban principles in place.”
“The quality of that urban design picked up a major industry award in 2014.
The design, which includes a range of house block sizes, waterways, parks and cycle-ways picked up two awards from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
Orange City Council took out the ‘Public Practice Achievement Award’ and urban design consultants Oculus won the award for Excellence in Planning.
“The first stage of this first housing estate embraces these principles with a range of lot sizes to suit different market demands.”
Orange City Council's development services team has also developed a map showing a range of development activity that’s emerged over the last two years.
“While many of these day-by-day decisions made by council don't always make it to the front page of the newspaper, it is still important residents are kept in the loop,” Cr Russell Turner said.
"This map pulls together a string of decisions that have been made, in terms of development, and shows where the developments are happening. Residents will find this map interesting to see what’s happening near them.”
The map shows developments over the past two years such as land rezoning, proposed rezoning, where new roads are being built as well as proposed development such as the North Orange Shopping Centre expansion.
The map is on display on the in the Civic Centre foyer and is available on the Orange city Council website.
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