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  • Lords Place makeover on a wing and a prayer until parking addressed

    A staff report to Orange City Council had proposed the plans for redeveloping Lords Place between Summer The plans include dining booths and extra trees on the street instead of parking places. Council was also told the dining booths could be removed after 12 months, and returned to parking places

  • "It looks dirty and grubby": Another councillor joins the push to have Lords Place dismantled

    Place calling for a review into the whole Lords Place redevelopment. Place makeover in August 2022. Floyd contacted The Orange News Examiner as he was visiting businesses on Lords Place. Hog's Breath Cafe limped through Covid and Lords Place makeover. YOU CAN READ OUR DETAILED COVERAGE OF THE LORDS PLACE SAGA HERE.

  • BREAKING: Orange council has just voted on the Lords Place redevelopment

    Orange City Council voted 9-3 on Tuesday night to back pedestrian-friendly changes to Lords Place between Three councillors opposed to the plan said they feared it could do irreversible damage to the Lords Place Place was primarily a “business centre” and the businesses should be protected. UPDATED 19/10/22 According to workers on Lords Place, council staff visited businesses on Tuesday to By Wednesday morning the majority of car parking spaces on Lords Place had been blocked off with orange

  • EXCLUSIVE: Council's audacious plan for triple-decker dining pods in Lords Place

    Place, and will use a new state government grant to make the pods three levels. Research has shown that - based on 1976 traffic data - Lords Place will be able to easily handle the The $2 million grant - part of the new Labor state government's Commitment To Places Not In Sydney Roadmap A source close to the matter told The Orange News Examiner that shop owners on the Lords Place strip Can you imagine having a humming triple-decker out of the front of your place?

  • Lords Place cafes and restaurants to get a year of free access to dining pods

    bathrooms - is up for grabs Orange City Council has approved a 12-month fee-free use of dining decks on Lords Place. Businesses will be able to place their seats and tables on the outdoor booths to encourage people to

  • "It's going to be an asset": Councillor Jack Evans sticks solid with all-new Lords Place

    July 12, 2023 By Peter Holmes Councillor Jack Evans has defended the Lords Place south redevelopment The Orange News Examiner: What would you like to say about Lords Place? Evans: I moved the motion and voted in favour of the Lords Place upgrade [last August]. The demographic I spoke to [about Lords Place] were generally a bit younger. Is Orange Council about to do a 180 on Lords Place parking? Q: Fair enough.

  • Orange business owners tee off on proposed Lords Place makeover

    Business and property owners along Lords Place south - including Blowes’ agency on the corner of Lords There are currently 16 trees in Lords Place south. “There are more than 50 businesses in Lords Place south,” the staff report stated. At 199-201 Lords Place is the Golden Bowl Chinese Restaurant. This multi-level carpark should be built, prior to the loss of the car spaces in Lords Place.

  • We asked why these Lords Place lights have no green arrow. The state government is looking into it

    November 2, 2023 By Peter Holmes Have you ever found yourself sitting at the lights on Lords Place south Cars heading east on Summer Street can turn right onto Lords Place south on a green arrow. But there is no simultaneous green arrow for cars turning left off Lords Place. Waiting ... The result is that cars are often banked up on Lords Place waiting to turn left. Waiting. Waiting. And the lack of a green arrow on Lords Place is not helping.

  • Councillors were told Lords Place could be undone, but no funds were built into original budget

    "The Lords Place upgrade is designed to trial new approaches in inner city areas," OCC said. Tuesday's meeting is expected to be hectic, with Lords Place shop owners said to be wanting to have their review into the Lords Place makeover will be debated. READ MORE ABOUT LORDS PLACE HERE MORE NEWS Drag queen Betty Confetti's book reading for kids in Orange Place dismantled EXCLUSIVE: This is the petition that could see the Lords Place redevelopment ripped

  • Exclusive: Hog’s Breath CEO says Lords Place renovation cost Orange franchise $350,000

    Councillors pitch new solution for Lords Place - a working group A number of businesses have complained Hog's Breath Cafe limped through Covid and Lords Place makeover. He said that as renovations on Lords Place progressed the “customer base declined, and this resulted Spurgin said it will take considerable time for customers to return to Lords Place. READ MORE ABOUT LORDS PLACE HERE The Orange News Examiner needs your support so we can keep informing

  • INSIDE STORY: Here’s what we know - and what we don’t - about the Lords Place investigation

    The motion, put by councillor Frances Kinghorne - who had voted against the Lords Place redevelopment The truth of exactly how the Lords Place south redevelopment unfolded over a number of years will be But did these traits play any role in Lords Place? “Even the layman could see Lords Place was pushed through without proper process,” Kidd said. If you want to read more on this saga, just type "Lords Place" into the search box.

  • Council votes to tip more money into Lords Place south makeover during heated debate

    September 19, 2023 By David Fitzsimons A call for Orange’s controversial Lord Place South redevelopment Councillor Jeff Whitton called for council to abandon the entire project and return Lords Place South EXCLUSIVE: This is the petition that could see the Lords Place redevelopment ripped up Councillor Tony Councillor Frances Kinghorne said Lords Place South was not a great background for such art. Councillor Glenn Floyd - who told The Orange News Examiner on Saturday that he wanted Lords Place to

  • We asked all eight cafes and restaurants on Lords Place if they'd be using the pods

    Place over the last fortnight: cafes Crema on Lords, Good Eddy and Nimrod and restaurants Alfio’s Pizzeria , Golden Bowl Chinese, Lords Place Thai, Elwood’s Eatery and Hog’s Breath Cafe. Orange restaurant Elwood's is leaving Lords Place Two - Hog’s Breath and Golden Bowl Chinese - are still Place businesses. The full buffet of our Lords Place redevelopment stories is here.

  • Councillor says huge planter pots on Lords Place need brightening up as they are "lacking pizazz"

    June 30, 2023 By Peter Holmes The huge plant pots on Lords Place south should be used as the blank canvas design challenge inviting all local primary schools to create a design for the large plant pots along Lords Place South. In the background to her motion McDonell stated: "The redevelopment in Lords Place South has been a challenging

  • EXCLUSIVE: The Lords Place dilemma: Rip the Band-Aid off in one go, or peel it back slowly?

    October 27, 2023 By Peter Holmes The Lords Place south redevelopment would be torn up over three consecutive “Good morning,” it began, “I am writing to you again as either a landowner or business owner of Lords Place ‘South’ as follow up to my emails on 9 October and 20th October. businesses and the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association in calling for an independent review of the Lords Place redevelopment.

  • Parking officers are booking in new Lords Place time zones, but built-in citywide buffer applies

    May 23, 2023 By Peter Holmes Parking inspectors are already ticketing people on Lords Place south following Council as part of $4.5 million project New time zones limiting parking to 15 or 30 minutes are in place

  • Even more parking spots on Lords Place could disappear after design error

    November 19, 2022 By Peter Holmes More parking spaces in Lords Place could be lost as part of the controversial , after Orange City Council told businesses this week the original concept plan had parking spaces “placed It will also reinstate parking on Lords Place on the other side of Summer Street outside Games n More The bedlam on Lords Place during the renovation has caused businesses to speak out about loss of trade Read The Orange News Examiner’s in-depth coverage of the Lords Place makeover here.

  • With nearly $2 million down the sink, what's another $25,000? Independent Lords Place review backed by councillors

    independent review into how nearly $2 million of public money was spent on the failed, short-lived Lords Place south redevelopment will be held. "Council staff have copped an awful lot of abuse specifically about Lords Place south, since it was done Councillor David Mallard backed the review and said he believed Lords Place south would become a desirable Place Orange Christians lobby councillors to withdraw support for Rainbow Festival, claiming youth "

  • Elwood's forced to pivot as Lords Place makeover leads to 70 percent crash in business

    But such is life on Lords Place as Orange City Council ramps up its plan to get the first stage of the "Obviously without needing to yell it from the roof tops, the Lords Place upgrade is taking a toll on REVIEW: Elwood's, 174 Lords Place, Orange The restaurant said Facebook messaging was the preferred method Read more on the Lords Place makeover here.

  • UPDATED: Orange councillors reveal what they're thinking ahead of Lords Place vote

    September 26, 2022 By Peter Holmes As the period for public comment on proposed changes to Lords Place In the video two business owners on Lords Place are interviewed about the plan. in north and south Orange to counter the increasingly clogged CBD: "If we're going to bring in the Lords Place thing we're better off moving out of town and developing south Orange and north Orange so the "I do still have concerns about the parking impacts on Lords Place businesses.

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