Cumbria seeks £100m to unlock St Cuthbert’s Garden Village  

Copeland Council’s proposed £25m regeneration of the Cumbrian town took a step forward today with the submission of a bid to the Government’s Future High Street Fund.  

Details of a proposed overhaul of the West Cumbrian town have been revealed, including to bring into use the former Carlton cinema building, rejuvenate the Promenade and create an outdoor market and activities space in the town.

A chunk of the first phase of developer Rawdon Property Group’s £11m Beehive Business Park scheme in south Cumbria, including an 18,600 sq ft supermarket, has completed, with further retail units to come.

The city council has sketched plans to develop a £50m campus for the University of Cumbria, intended to catalyse the wider regeneration of the historic Citadels district.

A strategy to redevelop parts of the Cumbrian town have been unveiled, including the conversion of the former Whittles furniture store building on Duke Street into a technology hub, and bringing forward several sites for housing.

Congleton-based developer Gladman has submitted plans for a housing development at Rookery Park in Scotby, a village to the east of Carlisle. 

The planning application for the £85m Eden Project North in Morecambe is now likely to appear at the end of this year or early 2021, after its delivery company initially targeted a submission this spring.

Contractor Eric Wright Group has lifted into place the £5m bridge to replace the 250-year old stone crossing that washed away during Storm Desmond in 2015.