10-08-2025
Plans submitted for new winter garden at A69 pub
PLANS have been submitted to Cumberland Council for the proposed re-modelling of an inn in the Brampton area.
The planning application, which was received on Tuesday (August 5), is for the Lane End Inn, Hayton Lane End, Hayton.
The development would include a winter garden extension, indoor and outdoor play areas, a porch, an entrance canopy, as well as a car park and associated infrastructure. It is the renewal of permission granted in 2021 which was subsequently varied the following year.
According to a planning report the Lane End Inn is a two-storey public house with a single storey conservatory and dining room extension located on the southern side of the A69 to the immediate east of the junction with the road leading to Hayton.
It states: 'To the south of the inn there is a bungalow with associated outbuildings known as Aikrigg. To the immediate east there are open fields, a wood (Commongate Plantation), and (approximately 110 metres away) Invergrae Lodge.'
According to the report the intention is for the pub and associated facilities to be managed as a family orientated establishment that is 'welcoming and has a relaxed, low-key atmosphere where guests, along with their children, can come and have a quiet beverage and meal'.
It adds: 'The proposal does not include any stage or performance area. On-site staff accommodation is to be retained to ensure 24-hour supervision.'
A separate report states that the porch would be oak framed and it is proposed to retain and invest in a rural facility that not only serves the local community but also can take advantage of any passing trade along the A69.
It adds: 'The improved facilities helping, in the process, to boost tourism in the area. However, it is acknowledged that, at this stage, the percentage of the clients represented by travellers and holiday makers compared to members of the local community is unclear.'
It concludes: 'In relation to the principle of the proposal, its impact on the landscape and visual amenity, the living conditions of neighbouring residents, highway safety, ecology/bats and drainage the circumstances have not fundamentally altered.'