ONE WEEK TO GO | Cumbria Update

The multi-disciplinary contractor has reported group revenue up by 6% to almost £3bn, with pre-tax profit reaching £81.6m in its full year results.

The Inn Collection has bought the Queens Hotel in Ambleside, which was on the market for more than £2.8m, following the purchase of another site in Coniston last year.

A new home for Workington's rugby league and non-league football teams has moved forward with Iceni Projects submitting an application to develop the 8,000-capacity Stadium for West Cumbria.

Barton Willmore has submitted an outline application on behalf of EROS Properties for an office development in Whitehaven with retail space, staff parking and a public square.

An 18,000 sq ft “business village” made from recycled shipping containers is being brought forward at Kingmoor Park Enterprise Zone near Carlisle.

Carlisle Council is looking to start the second stage of masterplanning for its 10,000-home St Cuthbert’s Garden Village by the end of the month with a consultation due to be held in May.

Carlisle Airport, residential development opportunities, and the future of retail and commercial in Cumbria will all be under the spotlight at the latest event in Place North West’s development update series.

The Cumbrian housebuilder has submitted a reserved matters application for 224 homes, the second phase of its Strawberry Grange estate on the edge of Cockermouth.

Developer High Grange is set to get the go-ahead to add a further 65 houses on a seven-acre plot at its Keekle Meadows scheme in Cleator Moor.