For-profit community events included in Orange planning proposal endorsed by committee

The resolution also removes Zone R1 from Clause 4.1AA and asks the Department to draft amendments to the Orange Local Environmental Plan 2011.

Council: Orange City Council

Meeting: 6 October 2026, 6:00 PM

Recorded status: approved


BRIEF

Orange City Council’s Planning and Development Policy Committee endorsed an exhibited planning proposal that includes removing Zone R1 from Clause 4.1AA and interpreting community events broadly enough to include for-profit events. The Chief Executive Officer was authorised to formally make the plan, and staff will ask the Department to draft the LEP amendments. The minutes do not identify the affected land or provide a timetable.


KEY FACTS

- The committee endorsed the planning proposal as exhibited, subject to amendments, in resolution 26/536.

- Zone R1 is to be removed from Clause 4.1AA.

- The committee confirmed that community events should be interpreted broadly to include for-profit community events.

- The Chief Executive Officer was authorised to formally make the plan under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

- Council staff will ask the NSW Department to draft the LEP amendments, but the minutes provide no completion date or subject land.


ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD

- The resolution records an intended planning direction and later drafting and plan-making steps, but the supplied minutes do not give a timetable for those steps.

- The minutes do not identify the subject land for the planning proposal, so the zoning amendment cannot be linked to a particular address or development from this record.


QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING

- When will the Department be asked to begin, and complete, drafting the LEP amendments?

- What land is covered by the proposed removal of Zone R1 from Clause 4.1AA?

- How will council apply the broad interpretation of for-profit community events to individual planning proposals?


RECORDED NEXT STEPS

- The Chief Executive Officer is to formally make the endorsed planning proposal under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

- Council staff are to request that the Department undertake drafting of the LEP amendments.


SOURCE PASSAGES

The committee endorsed the exhibited planning proposal and authorised the Chief Executive Officer to formally make the plan under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
"For: Cr T Mileto (Mayor), Cr J Stedman (Deputy Mayor), Cr K Duffy, Cr T Greenhalgh, Cr F Kinghorne, Cr G Power, Cr M Ruddy, Cr J Whitton Against: Cr M McDonell (Chairperson), Cr D Mallard Absent: Cr G Judge, Cr S Peterson PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES 6 OCTOBER 2026 Page 8 2.7 POST EXHIBITION REPORT - ORANGE LEP 2011 ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT (HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT) TRIM REFERENCE: 2026/1810 RESOLVED - 26/536 Cr D Mallard/Cr M McDonell That Council endorse the Planning Proposal as exhibited and authorise the Chief Executive Officer to formally make the plan in accordance with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (Part" (Resolution 26/536)

The resolution specifies removing Zone R1 from Clause 4.1AA and broadly interpreting community events to include for-profit community events.
"3, Division 3.4, Section 3.36), subject to the following amendments: • Removing Zone R1 from Clause 4.1AA • Council confirm its intention for community events to be broadly interpreted to include "for profit" community events." (Resolution 26/536 amendments)

Council staff are to ask the Department to undertake drafting of the LEP amendments.
"• Council staff will request that the Department undertake the drafting of the LEP amendments. For: Cr M McDonell (Chairperson), Cr T Mileto (Mayor), Cr J Stedman (Deputy Mayor), Cr K Duffy, Cr T Greenhalgh, Cr F Kinghorne, Cr D Mallard, Cr G Power, Cr M Ruddy, Cr J Whitton Against: Nil Absent: Cr G Judge, Cr S Peterson *Cr Judge joined the meeting via AudioVisual Link with the time being 7.59pm* 2.8 STATEWIDE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PLAN TRIM REFERENCE: 2026/1859 RESOLVED - 26/537 Cr J Stedman/Cr T Greenhalgh That Council resolves to: 1 Note that the Statewide Community Participation Plan came into place on 1 September 2026." (Resolution 26/536)


SOURCES

https://orange.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/PDC_06102026_MIN_16031.PDF

https://minutesradar.com/news/orange-infocouncil-planning-development-policy-committee-6-oct-2026-6-00-pm-6-oct-2026-6-00-pm-minutes-for-profit-community-events-included-0f2903b391/


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