Take-off for Carlisle Airport

Cumbria County Council has secured £7.5m of Government funding to take forward improvements to the Cumbrian coastal railway line, supported by an  £835,000 contribution from the Local Enterprise Partnership.

Allerdale Council has voted to cut back plans to build a new stadium in Workington, arguing the scheme would put the council “under considerable financial risk”.

The city council has signed off the redevelopment of the leisure centre, a project that has been planned since 2009, although the scheme will now cost nearly £26m instead of the originally-planned £14m.

Allerdale Council is expected to make a decision on the future of the development later this week, with the scheme’s progress now uncertain after a change in council leadership.

A wildlife centre in Cumbria has won a planning appeal over its third application for an expansion, featuring an aviary, education space, and animal viewing rooms.

Discount supermarket group Lidl GB will next week hold a public consultation day to outline plans for a store on New Bridge Road, Workington. 

DSD Construction has moved into a 9,000 sq ft facility at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle, after building the offices and road connecting the plot to the wider business park.

Bury firm Knight Kavanagh & Page has landed the contract to carry out an open space and protected green space assessment for Copeland Council, which will inform the borough’s Local Plan.

The Cheshire developer's plans for 90 houses on the edge of Scotby are set to be refused by the city council’s planning committee on three grounds.