Rathbeag, Lea Road Portarlington, Co. Laois

What’s proposed

remove 2 No. existing steel sheds; the construction of 3 No. single occupancy, single-storey residential care units (each with an individual gross floor area of 65 sq m), provided in 2 No. standalone buildings A and B (with gross floor areas of 147 sq m and 74 sq m respectively) to the rear of the main residential care unit; the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area and provision of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area in a revised location; hard and soft landscaping; soakaways; EV charging stations; plant; bicycle parking; and all associated site and development works, both above and below ground. Additionally retention permission is sought for 2 No. laundry sheds (14 sq m and 18 sq m respectively) and a 282 sq m car parking area