Housing Plus CEO David Fisher said following Orange City Council approval of the development application talks had begun to start work on the site soon.

"I'm hoping to see it in the next couple of months," he said.

Nearby residents have protested about the centre, particularly providing access to it off George Weily Place.

They have sought legal advice about taking council to the Land and Environment Court.

However, Mr Fisher said that was an issue between the residents and council and Housing Plus was pressing ahead with its plans.

"We have received consent and we wish to proceed to see it built and provide accommodation for victims of domestic and family violence in Orange," he said.

"The preparations have to be done in conjunction with the council because it is their subdivision, they have to prepare the land, those meetings are taking place to proceed.

"They own the land at the moment, it's quite a sloped site, so the council have to prepare the subdivision which includes quite a lot of earthworks, for not only ourselves but for other people who are buying the [adjacent] units they want to subsequently sell."

He said construction of The Orchard would start earlier than the rest of the site.

Orange mayor Reg Kidd said planning and engineering design was going ahead for the work regardless of any talk of a legal fight.

"Everything is going through as normal," he said.

"We have to treat it as a development application approval by council and get the process rolling through."

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