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Planning developments from across Cumbria this week
From the approval of a controversial proposal to build 33 homes just off the A6 to a new optician's practice in Appleby, here are the latest planning applications and developments we've covered across Cumbria.
A controversial proposal to build 33 homes just off the A6 in High Hesket after a developer gave legal guarantees relating to concerns raised during the application process.
Citadel Homes Ltd submitted an application to Westmorland and Furness Council to build 33 homes on land next to Elm Close in High Hesket.
Despite opposition to the scheme by Hesket Parish Council, the planning committee approved the project in September 2024, subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement between the developer and planning authority.
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Plans have been submitted for a new McDonald's drive-thru restaurant in Carnforth as part of the growing Carnforth 356 commercial development.
The proposals, lodged with Lancaster City Council, seek full permission to build a single-storey 377 square metre restaurant on a 0.52-hectare site off Electric Drive, close to the Porsche Centre South Lakes and Junction 35 of the M6.
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A relocated optician's practice can be set up in Appleby after plans for the change of use for the site were approved by Westmorland & Furness Council.
It was for a flat in Boroughgate and, according to the application form, it will form part of an optometrist practice.
The full application was approved with conditions and Appleby town council made no comment on it ahead of the decision.
According to a planning statement the property, in common with a great many others in the central part of the town, is Grade II listed.
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A POPULAR pub is set for a 'necessary' facelift after plans for an extension as part of a wider programme of internal improvements were given the green light.
The Pig and Whistle on Aynsome Road in Cartmel has been given permission by Westmorland and Furness Council to build a single-storey extension at the rear of the pub to house a fully accessible toilet facility.
The approved proposal comes just over a year after a new management team took over the Frederic Robinson's pub in the wake of the retirement of the long-time former owners.
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There was an outbreak of 'common sense' at Cumberland Council this week when councillors approved plans for a new hot and cold food takeaway in the Carlisle area - which had been recommended for refusal.
Members of the council's planning committee met at Allerdale House in Workington to consider the application for a site on land south of Purdoms Crook in Sandysike, just north of Westlinton, near Carlisle.
Marc Gardner, who runs the nearby Gardner's Guns shooting range, had applied to place a wheeled single box trailer where the takeaway would be based in a layby off the A7.
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A PROPOSAL for the construction of 32 new affordable homes has been submitted to Westmorland and Furness Council.
Alderley Partnerships has put forward a proposal for the development on a parcel of land off Manorside in Flookburgh which would bring 32 new homes in a '100 per cent affordable homes' project.
Outline permission was granted by South Lakeland District Council in January 2023 for the principle of the development on the land for 'up to 32 dwellings'.
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Plans to site a shepherd's hut for use with a holiday let in the Carlisle area have been approved by Cumberland Council.
The planning application was for a site at Anns Hill in Bewcastle and the form states that the hut would be for ancillary use.
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The owners of a village pub near Penrith have been handed another planning setback after their latest proposal regarding the use of their outdoor seating area was knocked back.
An application to build a single-storey extension to the front of The Strickland Arms in Great Strickland has been refused by Westmorland and Furness Council planners.
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THE owner of a pub in a Lake District tourist hotspot has applied to extend the hours it can serve alcohol 'in the interest of village prosperity'.
The Red Lion Inn, on Main Street in Hawkshead, is the subject of an application to Westmorland and Furness Council to vary a premises licence allowing it to legally serve alcohol every day of the week until midnight.
Director Vita Medveda, of Medveda Pubs Ltd, argues in the application that the variation would provide a service not currently available in the village.
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