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75 Kite Street medical centre approved with parking charge excluded
Orange City Council confirmed the medical-centre approval after excluding condition 7, while staff said the contribution plan did not allow the charge to be waived or reduced.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
A medical centre can proceed at 75 Kite Street, Orange, after the Planning and Development Committee confirmed DA 194/2026(1) and excluded condition 7, the approval’s parking-contribution requirement.
The resolution, made under section 8.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, covered a change of use and building alterations. It was carried with no votes against among councillors present. Cr G Judge and Cr S Peterson were absent.
During the discussion, Interim Director Development Services said the Orange Car Parking Development Contribution Plan did not contain a provision allowing staff to waive or reduce the charge. Chief Executive Officer said the plan was intended to collect money from developments that create demand for parking, which Council would otherwise need to accommodate using ratepayer funds.
Mayor T Mileto asked whether the developer could use a payment plan. Staff said a different payment schedule could be initiated if Council decided to provide one. The minutes record no decision to adopt such a schedule and do not state the amount that would otherwise have been payable for 75 Kite Street.
The committee was also told the parking reserve had held about $1 million in 2016-17, with a further $430,000 collected since then, and had a current balance of about $465,000. Finance staff were investigating reductions of $974,000 in 2016 and $12,000 the following year because their use had no distinct reference. The chief executive officer said the fund had not been used for repairs or maintenance in the previous eight years, or to add parking in the previous five years.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded resolution removes the specified parking-contribution condition from this determination, but does not record the amount that would otherwise have been payable.
The minutes describe a possible alternative payment schedule, not an adopted arrangement, and leave the use of earlier reserve reductions under investigation.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What amount would condition 7 have required for 75 Kite Street?
Will Council decide to offer a different payment schedule, and what terms would apply?
What did the $974,000 and $12,000 reserve reductions fund?
What happens next
Finance staff are investigating the historical expenditure from the car parking contribution reserve.
Any different payment schedule would require a further Council decision, according to the recorded discussion.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee confirmed DA 194/2026(1) for a medical centre at 75 Kite Street while excluding parking contributions condition 7.
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES 6 OCTOBER 2026 Page 4 2.3 SECTION 8.2 REVIEW OF DETERMINATION DA 194/2026(1) - 75 KITE STREET TRIM REFERENCE: 2026/1791 RESOLVED - 26/532 Cr F Kinghorne/Cr M Ruddy That Council, pursuant to section 8.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, confirm the determination of Development Application DA 194/2026(1) for Medical Centre (change of use and building alterations) at Lot 1 DP 714635 – 75 Kite Street, Orange, excluding the application of Parking Contributions (condition 7).
2.3 Section 8.2 review of determination DA 194/2026(1)
Open original minutes ↗The parking contribution plan did not contain a provision allowing staff to waive costs or provide a reduction.
The Interim Director Development Services advised that the car parking contribution plan does not contain the condition to allow staff to waive costs or provide reduction. The Chief Executive Officer explained that the 2015 Orange Car Parking Development Contribution Plan and the Community Strategic Plan requires Council to ensure sufficient car parking is provided, and that the purpose of the Orange Car Parking Development Contributions Plan is to collect funds from developers who create the demand for more parking that Council then has to accommodate using ratepayer funds.
Discussion following resolution 26/532
Open original minutes ↗Staff said a different payment schedule could be initiated if Council decided to provide one.
Cr Mileto asked if a payment plan can be provided to the developer to assist in paying the contribution. The Interim Director Development Services advised that if Council decides to provide a different payment schedule then staff can initiate this.
Discussion following resolution 26/532
Open original minutes ↗The parking reserve figures and historical reductions were reported, with finance staff investigating how the reductions were used.
The Chief Executive Officer advised that in 2016/17 there was approximately $1m in reserves, and that Council has since collected another $430k. The current balance is $465k. In 2016 the reserve was reduced by $974k and in the following year it was reduced by a further $12k, and that the finance staff are currently investigating what these funds were used on as there is no distinct reference.
Discussion following resolution 26/532
Open original minutes ↗No funds had been used for repairs or maintenance in the previous eight years or for adding parking in the previous five years.
He advised that no funds have been used for repairs or maintenance in the last 8 years, but may have been previously and that no money has been spent on adding parking in the last 5 years.
Discussion following resolution 26/532
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public minutes of Orange City Council’s Planning & Development Committee meeting held on 6 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council confirmed DA 194/2026(1) for a medical centre involving a change of use and building alterations at 75 Kite Street.
- Condition 7, requiring parking contributions, was excluded from the determination.
- The Interim Director Development Services said the parking contribution plan did not allow staff to waive or reduce the charge.
- A different payment schedule could be initiated if Council decided to provide one, but no such decision was recorded.
- The parking fund balance was reported as approximately $465,000, with historical expenditure still under investigation.
Why it matters
- The approval excludes the specified parking contribution from the medical-centre determination. The minutes do not establish whether a different payment schedule will be offered or what contribution amount would otherwise have applied.