Development Application and Draft Planning Agreement on Exhibition

Orange Council

103 Prince Street, Orange – “The West End” (western side of the former Orange Base Hospital Site – bounded by Dalton, Sale and Prince Streets)

The following development application and draft planning agreement relating to the abovementioned site are currently on exhibition. Submissions must be received by 5pm on Monday, 18 July 2022.

Development Application DA 98/2022(1)

The proposal involves development to be undertaken in two stages. Stage 1 will involve the Torrens subdivision of the land into three lots and the construction on one of those lots of 17 townhouses (multi dwelling housing) fronting Dalton Street. Stage 2 will involve the development of the remaining two lots for the purposes of a residential flat building and public park. The proposed residential flat building will front Prince Street and will include 63 apartments composed of a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The proposed public park will be 2,620.1m² in size and is to be embellished and dedicated to Orange City Council in accordance with a planning agreement prepared under section 7.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (see description below). The proposed townhouse (multi dwelling housing) development and residential flat building will each be serviced by a basement car park with vehicle access provided to and from Sale Street. The site is currently zoned as both R3 Medium Density Residential and RE1 Public Recreation under the land use zoning provisions of Orange Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2011. The proposed development seeks to vary the maximum height standard prescribed by clause 4.3 of Orange LEP 2011.

Supporting documents:

1 – Statement of Environmental Effects

2 – Request to Vary Development Standard

3 – State Environmental Planning Policy 65 Design Verification Statement

4 – Architectural Plans

5 – External Materials Boards

6 – Landscape Design Statement

7 – Landscape Plans

8 – BASIX Certificate

9 – Nathers Certificate

10 – Detail Site Survey

11 – Site Analysis Plan

12 – Zoning Overlay Plan

13 – Draft Subdivision Plan

14 – External Lighting Plan

15 – Preliminary Services Plans

16 – Stormwater Plans

17 – Access Report

18 – Traffic Impact Assessment

19 – Noise Assessment Report

20 – Heritage Impact Statement

21 – Tree Assessment Report

22 – Ecological Assessment

23 – Sensitive Urban Design and Water Cycle Strategy Report

24 – Construction Environmental Management Plan

25 – Construction Waste Management Plan

26 – Operational Waste Management Plan

27a – Site Audit (pages 1-79)

27b – Site Audit (pages 80-150)

28 – Geotechnical Investigation

Draft Planning Agreement

Orange City Council proposes to enter into a planning agreement made in connection with the development application described above. The proposed planning agreement is to be made pursuant to section 7.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 with MAAS Group Properties 103 Prince Pty Limited. The proposed planning agreement is intended to facilitate the provision of development contributions in the form of the embellishment and dedication of public parkland to Orange City Council. The terms of the proposed planning agreement relate specifically to the current development application for the site (DA 98/2022(1)). In accordance with section 7.5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979, a draft version of the proposed planning agreement is available for public inspection for a period of 28 days.

Supporting documents:

1 – Draft Voluntary Planning Agreement and Explanatory Note

2 – Voluntary Planning Agreement Cost of Works

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