ROSEMARY Lane is set to gain its first two-storey building with Orange City Council approving plans despite objections from a neighbour.

The owners of 111 Clinton Street have proposed a triple garage at the back of the property facing Rosemary Lane with a secondary dwelling upstairs.

Owner Peter Bromley addressed councillors at last week's meeting, saying the family had been working with the council and its heritage adviser for a year on the plans.

He said after the previous meeting, where the item was deferred so his neighbour could seek advice, he had offered to reduce the roof pitch by five degrees, lowering the height by 55 centimetres.

"Thus alleviating any shadowing that could have potentially upset our neighbour, which we at no stage intended to upset," he said.