Civil work construction commenced in December 2007 and now the first development of Oran Park Town is visible. The new town’s main street entry Oran Park Drive has been built and now links the new town to Camden Valley Way and provides a direct entry to the town centre.
The display home village is well advanced with many of the 43 homes nearing completion. Once built the display village will be the largest of its type in south west Sydney.
The Masterplan approach at Oran Park has been to identify significant points of difference to clearly differentiate the development from nearby residentially focused developments.
The Masterplan has a school strategy as part of a broader education strategy. The Masterplan has placed the schools close to the town centre with the intention of the centre growing into an educational campus town.
We are now working on the next level of planning and developing town centre principles that will guide the development of the town centre using the school strategy as a framework. The planning emphasis is on lifelong learning and walkability of the centre.
The sales and information centre is near completion and will be ready for use early 2010. At this stage it is anticipated that sales at Oran Park Town will commence in early 2010. A major public event will celebrate the opening of Sydney’s newest town and the commencement of first land sales.
Ultimately, the Oran Park Town Centre will be a significant development in the South West Growth Centre, second in size only to the proposed Leppington Regional Centre.
Key principles of the Oran Park Town Masterplan are:
- Creation of an education town;
- Combine modern day shopping with civic amenity of traditional town;
- Centre of energy in middle of the town square;
- Well connected with accessibility by pedestrians and cyclists ;
- 85% car parking to be under ground;
- Create great street amenity;
- Create high quality public spaces and maintain view corridors;
- Each land use function to integrate with wider community.