A modern community with a village heart
At Oran Park Town, through our partnership with Greenfield Development Company, we have created sustainable living with a village heart, with more than 6,500 people now calling it home.
A former raceway and dairy, today Oran Park Town demonstrates a new approach to providing urban centres that meet the housing needs as well as the education, employment, health and recreational needs of new greenfield communities.
Oran Park Town is a masterplanned community that delivers sustainable living with a focus on lifelong education, the delivery of early and award-winning infrastructure and amenity including a new Library and Community Centre, Julia Reserve Youth Precinct and Doohan Reserve, and provision of a walkable neighbourhood with a diverse mix of housing.
Facts at a glance
Where?
Oran Park Town is on Oran Park Drive, Oran Park in the Camden Local Government Area of south west Sydney.
What?
In partnership with Greenfields Development Company, our masterplan for the 380ha greenfield site will eventually deliver 10,000 homes for 35,000 people and offer a mix of innovative small-lot housing and standard sized lots to semi-rural lots. Today's residents already enjoy access to shops and services, parks and sporting facilities.
Landcom also coordinated regional and local infrastructure for the town centre and the first 2,700 lots. The remaining lots will be delivered by Greenfield Development Company.
How?
We acted as master planner and master developer in partnership with Greenfields Development Company.
Timeline
2003
Partnership with Greenfield Development Company commences
2008
Infrastructure works commence
2009
Community welcome program and community development program commence
Gardner Reserve sporting complex open
2010
Home display village open
2012
First school open
2014
Oran Park Public School open
2016
Council chambers open
2018
Library and Community Resource Centre open
2020
Dawson Park splash playground open
Julia Park Reserve and Youth and Recreation centre open
Oran Park High School open
2021
Kolombo Reserve and Doohan Ovals
Project highlights
Vision
Oran Park Town is a partnership between Greenfields Development Company and Landcom in conjunction with Camden Council.
Key principles contributing to the success of the project, include:
- Start at the heart of the Town Centre
- Include end users into the design process
- Create an education town with multiple learning opportunities
- Provide a walkable town with pedestrian networks and cycleways
- Provide facilities and spaces for a wide range of users
Creating a place for people
Oran Park Town has created a place for people to live, work and play.
Delivering on our vision for lifelong learning and healthy living we have delivered award-winning facilities including public open spaces, playgrounds, extensive sporting facilities, Skate Park, Community Centre and Library. Also, innovative for 2008, we installed high-speed optical fibre infrastructure to deliver telecommunications to every home.
At Oran Park Town we have worked with the private sector to not just deliver on housing supply, but to deliver a modern urban centre that seeks to meet the employment, education, health and recreational needs of a new community in a greenfield development setting.
Integrating environmental sustainability
Water sensitive urban design at Oran Park Town includes a water quality management strategy that uses combined raingardens and detention basins to improve local riparian corridors.
Sustainability has been integrated into the landscape and public domain to deliver high quality streetscapes and public open spaces that optimise environmental sustainability and enhance shade and environmental comfort to users and residents.
We resolved trunk water and sewer services issues for the region including constructing three sewage pumping stations. We also delivered major lead-in road infrastructure.
Creating place through heritage and community development
The site’s heritage is essential to the place we see today. This is the home of the former Oran Park Raceway, which twice hosted the Australian Grand Prix as well as Supercar and Superbike championships. Our master plan road layout interprets the original race track, and street names honour motor racing greats such as Peter Brock, Colin Bond, Allan Moffatt, Mick Doohan and Mark Webber. We also interpreted the area’s farming history in the project design.
At Oran Park Town, community connection is supported through community development activities including Monthly markets and a Community Newsletter.
Awards
Category
Award for Marketing Excellence
2013 PLANNING INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
Category
NSW President’s Award
2017 URBAN TASKFORCE
Category
Development Excellence Award
2017 UDIA
Category
Masterplanned Communities Commendation
2018 WESTERN SYDNEY LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE
Category
Project of the Year for Oran Park Library
About Landcom
We develop land and property, increasing the supply of housing for the people of NSW.
As a state-owned corporation, we are a commercial business that achieves public outcomes while also generating financial returns for the NSW Government. We enable development by de-risking and unlocking strategic and complex sites in collaboration with landowners and the market.
