Lucknow is set for changes with a subdivision application for one site, the redevelopment of another and a third, long-standing business, now closed.
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An application involving about 13,500 square metres of land fronting the Mitchell Highway and Phoenix Mine Road is currently on public exhibition at Orange City Council.
It is planned the site be rezoned from the existing three lots to four lots.
The site has a land-history use of mining from the 1860s to the 1900s
- DA to Orange City Council
The site was former mining land which has evidence of naturally occurring asbestos and arsenic contamination.
The site is next door to the former Darcy's Old Wares antiques and collectables store which has finally closed. Its advertising signs have been replaced by a 'for lease' banner.
It is not part of the rezoning application.
Real estate agent Chris Gryllis of Chris Gryllis Real Estate, said they would be open to expressions of interest for the old Darcy's site.
He said more details would be available in the next week.
The changes come as the former service station on the same side of the Mitchell Highway is undergoing an upgrade after the works were approved by OCC.
The development application proposes the site be reconfigured into four housing lots ranging in size from 1900 square metres to 5616 square metres.
It said the land was within a heritage conservation area but did not have any heritage items on it.
"The site has a land-history use of mining from the 1860s to the 1900s," it said.
A site contamination study has found there were levels of contaminants on the proposed extra housing block, known as Lot 2.
However, it said once remediated the land would be suitable for the proposed residential use.
"The site is not currently suitable for residential land-use," it said.
"Additional analysis is required to further characterise chromium levels in soil and leaching properties of elevated analytes. Remediation of the site should enable a change in land use.
"Capping of the site is expected to be the most practical remediation method.
"An asbestos management plan is required for the naturally occurring asbestos identified on the site.
"A development application is required to be submitted to council for approval of the remediation works."
The DA is on public exhibition at OCC's offices and website until Friday April 2.
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