IT’S expanding across the paddocks faster than Google can keep track of, and already residents are starting to move into the newest parts of north Orange.
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Since subdivisions were approved off Stevenson Way earlier this year, block after block has been a hive of building activity.
Stevenson Way now turns to the south, while a second street, Geraldton Street, now extends off William Maker Drive and also feeds into two small streets.
Other streets yet to appear on Google Maps are three small streets added off Diamond Drive, north of Platinum Parade, while Buckland Drive now connects the very end of William Maker Drive to Beer Road, which then continues onto Burrendong Way.
We’re creating wetlands and areas where children can play, plus footpaths and bushwalking tracks wherever we can.
- Councillor Russell Turner
Empty nesters Lyn Cantwell and husband David moved into their house on Myrtle Close in November after selling up their 1200 square-metre property in Calare.
Mrs Cantwell said their new home had proven ideal.
“It will be a cul-de-sac, so it’s quiet, and we have a small backyard,” she said.
“We had a great big backyard and a swimming pool, and for two people, that’s ridiculous.”
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She said the couple had also been sustainability-minded with their home’s features, choosing double-glazed windows and sticking to native plant species in the garden, which required minimal watering.
Grant Koch also moved into his Geraldton Street house last month with his partner after becoming a first home owner, having previously rented in the Warrendine Street area.
“We’re loving it, it’s close to everything with Woolies and Waratahs,” he said.
During the 2017-18 financial year, Orange City Council decided 537 development applications across Orange, 468 of them DAs for new developments, with an average processing time of 23 days.
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Another 23 complying development certificate applications, which needed to comply with stricter state standards to cut down processing times, were assessed in an average of 12 days.
Planning and development committee chairman and councillor Russell Turner said he was excited to see the growth.
“You get people from Sydney for the first time in a couple of years and they’re amazed,” he said.
“We’re creating wetlands and areas where children can play, plus footpaths and bushwalking tracks wherever we can.”
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