Orange City Council will report back on June 1 on available options, with toilet blocks at the park, Orange Showground, Perry Oval, John Lomas Skate Park and Glenroi Oval to be evaluated.

After councillors decided not to approve the development application, the state government instructed the council it needed to spend the $195,000 grant either on a different project in Robertson Park or on a toilet facility in another location.

The initial report to councillors suggested Perry Oval, John Lomas Skate Park and Glenroi Oval, but councillors asked to have Robertson Park and the showground added.

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Councillor Joanne McRae suggested the showground given the lack of facilities at the Naylor Pavilion.

She said if toilets were chosen for a different location, the extra costs of landscaping and heritage-sensitive design could be avoided.

"The proposed toilets in Robertson Park are in a heritage-listed item - I would wonder, could we actually either improve the facilities in a number of these other locations by installing pre-fabricated, non-heritage-type facilities," she said.

"It's more loos for the dollars."

She asked for a comparison of usage between the different locations, as well as the current distance to facilities.

Councillor Jeff Whitton said there were complaints on social media after Anzac Day, saying there were no toilet facilities in Robertson Park.

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"We did cop a bit of a pasting because apparently the toilets in the precinct were closed and they were refused entry into the hotels," he said.

Councillor Glenn Taylor, who asked for the report, said the council could not give $195,000 back to the state government.

"We would have to top it up, but nowhere near the significant cost of the infrastructure - ratepayers are saying to me they didn't know that fact so why are we procrastinating?" he said.

Mayor Reg Kidd suggested the CWA might be open to further negotiations after it was confirmed the building belonged to the organisation.

"The new chief executive officer of the CWA... is quite enthusiastic about doing something with this building, now that they know they own it and can use it as leverage to get bank loans," he said.

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