Laois County Council plan to turn one building into two homes
Planning designs on show for social homes in Portarlington
Laois County Council has revealed its plans to turn one prominant town building in Portarlington, into two social homes.
The development at at Barrowvilla, French Church Street, a building that had previously used for a beautician business.
The council says that one apartment covering 65sqm will have two bedrooms and the other at 45sqm with one bedroom.
The development also includes foul and surface water drainage works, and all associated site works and boundary treatments.
Plans are on public display on www.laois.ie until August 27. The Part 8 planning decision will be made by Laois County Councillors.
It will still be into 2025 before reconstruction is likely to begin.
Laois County Council intends to apply to the Department of House for Stage 2 of their approval - a pre-planning check on design and cost - in Autumn. Two more stages have to follow before the work can start. The next is to get a design approved and the final stage is to approve a chosen contractor's tender to build the homes.