Oran Park in southwestern Sydney is the latest to be promoted to house the next New South Wales film and television studio, with plans announced that a new $127 million project will be delivered in five stages.
The Greenfields Development Company has submitted its DA to Camden Council for its major film and television studios with three large soundstages, production offices, work space for all departments, and multi-deck parking facilities.
The facility will spread across a three-hectare plot of undeveloped land between Porter Street, Southwell Road and Flood St. within the employment area of Oran Park.
MacArthur Chronicle reports that the initial phase of the project will cost more than $32 million and include construction of the first soundstage, offices, multi-purpose space, guard houses, landscaping, fences and parking.
According to the publication, the second stage will focus on workshop studios 1 and 3, which include related office spaces, office buildings, storage spaces, handstand areas, signs and other landscaping works. Stage 4 includes the construction of the facility’s third final workshop studio, as well as a multistory parking building and helipad. And the third and fifth stages consist of the remaining recording and production soundstages, along with associated office spaces, signs and landscaping.
The project is currently undergoing development assessment by Camden Council, with Greenfield Development looking at additional funding opportunities.
General Manager Mick Owens said the facility is “designed to accommodate large feature film and television projects that employ hundreds of crew members at any time, in addition to the work required to build the site.”
Previous plans to expand the state’s screen infrastructure include Pacific Bay Resort Studios and Villages at Coffs Harbour and Lakeside Studios in Onishi Sydney, announced in 2021.
Towards the end of 2023, Lakeside Studios Managing Director James Vernon revealed that the project partners have decided to move the studio site from the Penrith Lakes area due to state government flood and evacuation considerations and control. At the time of writing, I will only negotiate a site that is close to CBD.
Construction of Pacific Bay Resort Studio & Village. The joint announcement was made by Pacific Bay Resort owner Peter Montgomery and producer Keith Roger, which was scheduled to begin construction last year. However, TV Tonight reported last September that progress was slow in negotiations for noise barriers needed as a result of the multi-billion dollar Coffs Port bypass.
