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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lake District pub can serve alcohol until 2am despite residents' noise concerns
A LAKE District pub can serve alcohol until 2am, despite residents' concerns over noise from the venue, after the proposed variations to its licence were approved this week. Members of Cumberland Council's licensing sub-committee met at Allerdale House in Workington on Monday (June 2) to consider the application. Wolverhampton-based Marston's submitted the licensing application to make the changes at Oddfellows Arms in Main Street, Keswick. The proposed changes included: The sale of alcohol 2am with the opening hours running until 2.30am; To match permitted live music hours with sale of alcohol; The playing of recorded music and late-night refreshment within current licensed areas to be matched with the sale of alcohol. Speaking after the evidence had been considered committee chairman, councillor John Mallinson (Houghton and Irthington, Conservative), told representatives from Marston's they had considered it very carefully and added: 'And we have decided to grant your application for the following reasons. 'We felt that your presentation was well thought out, well presented, and thoroughly professional. 'We found the designated premises supervisor (DPS) to be experienced and a competent individual who we have confidence in this venture. 'The noise concerns that were raised as an issue, we find that the existing conditions for noise control would appear to be sufficient and working well, and therefore, we grant your application as applied for.' During the meeting Deborah Fletcher, a council specialist in licensing and compliance, told members that an additional condition relating to a risk assessment on whether to deploy security on Friday and Saturday evenings had been agreed. Relating to the separate condition the report states: 'The DPS will complete a risk assessment to deploy security on Friday and Saturday evenings or when there is a specific event in the town that would impact the expected customer base, for example, bank holiday weekends, annual events or events that would increase footfall within the town and nighttime economy. 'This risk assessment should be retained on site and available for review by responsible authorities on request.' A Marston's spokesman told members that the permitted hours were currently 10am to 1.30am and the extra time would allow at a 'staggered' dispersal of customers. He said that Marston's was a national pub operator and the DPS also ran two other establishments in the Lake District town – The Twa Dogs and The George – and he had more than 22 years of experience in the industry. Members were told that there were no complaints from neither the police nor environmental health and the residents who had complained had not bothered to turn up for the hearing.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plans for new city centre car park and public space approved by council
PLANS for the next phase of a major redevelopment of Carlisle's Citadel Station were approved this week. Cumberland Council is hoping to create a new Southern Gateway on land between Water Street and James Street. The planning application was for what is described as 'hybrid full/outline planning permission' for public realm enhancements and the new gateway. Members of the council's planning committee meet at Allerdale House in Workington on Wednesday (April 9) to consider the application which also includes plans to redevelop the Station Road Business Park including a new surface car park. It was recommended that the application was granted subject to a number of planning conditions and, when the matter was put to the vote it was unanimously approved. However, before they considered the application, three committee members removed themselves from the meeting, because they had received a briefing on the whole station redevelopment and they had been advised to do so, so there was no way they could be accused of 'pre-determining' the application. Councillor John Mallinson (Houghton and Irthington, Conservative) said it had left them in a 'less than ideal position'. They were told that, because it was an application from the council, it could be perceived as such by members of the public. Planning officer Stephen Daniel told members that it would consist of two car parks either side of George Square and it would surround the existing Turkish baths. Councillor Jimmy Grizdale (Seaton, Labour) proposed that they should grant approval for the development and said: 'This is just an improvement for the city centre.' The report states: 'The site comprises previously developed land and was formerly occupied by multiple demolished buildings – including the 1970s Pools Building and Staples. 'At present, the site is characterised by car parking, sealed surfaces, a small parcel of biodiversity to the west, a limited number of urban trees, and a small suburban mosaic on developed land. 'It is located directly to the south of Citadel Station and Carlisle City Centre, bordered by Water Street to the north-east and east, James Street to the south and south-west, and the Victoria Viaduct along its western edge.' According to the report the site lies partly within the City Centre Conservation Area and it states: 'Citadel Station is the largest building in the immediate area, bordering the site to the north. 'Its detached west wall serves as a retaining structure for the station platforms and forms the main façade facing south.' According to the report a separate application was approved for the redevelopment of Court Square, which lies to the front of the station, to include public realm enhancements, reconfiguration of highway, pedestrianisation of square, improved car park access, and relocation of the Lawson's Monument in February 2025. The report adds: 'The overall proposals for the station consist of two primary areas which can be defined as, Court Square which focuses on pedestrianisation and public realm remodelling, and the Southern Gateway (the subject of this application), which focuses on the development of a new station entrance and car park to the south. 'The station building would be flipped from its current layout, with most vehicle traffic being diverted toward the new Southern Gateway. 'Current retail units at George Square would be demolished to make way for a new car park and a separate permission will be required for demolition. 'The existing station car park would be retained for staff and those with disabilities and would see a substantial reduction in vehicle traffic.'
BBC News
21-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Changes to Victorian Carlisle Market Hall approved
Plans to make changes at a market hall and reveal "its original structure" have been Council said the work would involve removing two clusters of late 20th Century market stalls to form an open space seating area in Carlisle's Market councillor John Mallinson said the building, which is Grade II listed, has not worked "for many years".But the move faced some backlash from the Carlisle and District Civic Trust which claimed that stall holders were not consulted prior to the application for changes. The council said it had taken the concerns into a report detailing the plans, the market hall's owner said that displaced stall holders would be relocated within the Democrat councillor Roger Dobson said the redevelopment would enhance the hall's appearance, according to the Local Democracy Reporting local authority said the market stalls which would be removed were not of the "original historic fabric" and their removal would create "uninterrupted views" of the "original historic structure" of the market was sold to Llandudno-based Bearmont Group in December 2024. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
