The usage of the site will be determined by how the current Council zoning may be amended, to meet proposed objectives.

Currently there are restrictions of the usage of the Lyceum site due to planning changes, however, a number of alternative uses will be put to the Hilltops Council within the coming months.

The building was purchased by Mr Trevor Callaway in 2003, along with The Grand, Royal and finally the Carrington Hotels and the shops adjoining the theatre.

Mr Callaway said that the Lyceum theatre and shops were derelict at the time he purchased them and had not been in operation for many decades.

"When I purchased these properties, I met with a very talented former Shire Economic development officer who was contracted to the Harden Shire Council and we developed a vision which, if supported by the then Harden Shire Council, would have increased the population and related job opportunities by at least 2,500." Mr Callaway said.

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"Regrettably the Council of the day did not share that vision and virtually all of the proposed programs failed due to their non-support by the Councillors."

Mr Callaway said that he believes that since the Hilltops Council amalgamation, the future of Harden Murrumburrah is looking brighter and with the development of plans for the new Murrumburrah Hospital, the new RFS building and the plans for the new Harden Country Club, he will revisit his plans for the Lyceum theatre, and the other buildings he owns in town.

"My family is from this area, I was born in Young and am the third generation of the one of the original families that settled and helped develop the stone fruit industry in Kingsvale." Mr Callaway said.

"I want to help the town to survive, to beautify it and to help bring a lot more employment to the area".