Site planning risk brief

Change of use of Block A from a licensed premises including bar, lounge, restaurant & ancillary accommodation situated at ground level, plaza level and 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Floor Level (permitted under planning permission Reg. Ref. 04142) to retail/office use situated at ground level and 10 no. apartment units (including 5 no. two bedroom & 5 no. three bedroom units) situated at plaza level, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4 floor level, alterations to the drum elevations to allow for external balconies, new windows to the East & West facing elevations and associated site works.

Change the use of floors at plaza level to 4th floor within the existing Block A building to provide for 10no. apartments and associated works. Particulars of the development will comprise as follows: •The provision of 5no. 2bed apartments & 5no. 3bed apartments. •The provision of associated internal works and elevational works. •Provision of associated communal space and landscaping works at plaza level. •Provision of associated bin storage building at plaza level. •Utilising the existing basement for car and bicycle parking and provision of bulky storage area for proposed apartments. •All ancillary site development works.

Change use of the existing 7 no. retail units (permitted under Reg. Ref. 04142) at Block B Plaza Level, to 13 no. apartment units (including 3 no. one bedroom, 9 no. two bedroom & 1 no. three bedroom units) and associated alterations to the front and rear elevations at plaza level and site works

Change of use of unit G6 / G7 from Retail space to a Pilates Studio to include administration space, storage space and all associated signage at unit G6/G7, Parkside Shopping Center, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

Change use and material alterations of previously permitted office use at Units F8A and F9 and associated circulation corridor to form a new 662m2 amalgamated medical clinic including associated ancillary staff, patient, and administration areas. Minor external alterations include a new glazed external door and overhead external wall vents to the east elevation of Unit F9, external signage to the north elevation of Unit F9, and overhead external wall vents to the west (rear) elevation of Unit F8A. The development will be served by the existing car parking and new cycle parking for 20 bicycles.

Change use from office to general practitioner surgery, construction of access ramp to the side and rear of property, new signage over main door and to gable of adjacent office unit and all ancillary and associated works