
Date set for Cumbrian coal mine inquiry
A public inquiry into the controversial plans for a £165m colliery on the St Bees coast is to start in September.
A public inquiry into the controversial plans for a £165m colliery on the St Bees coast is to start in September.
Work has started on the Solway Coaster project, which will see a 14.1km route between Allonby and Silloth created, joining onto the established cycleway between Maryport and Allonby.
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.
The club has adapted plans for a new pavilion so that the building also includes an archaeology centre, after the project stalled due to the discovery of Roman ruins.
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
Flood defences schemes in Preston, Kendal, Egremont, and Flimby have secured part of a £60m Government funding pot.
An appeal which fought for the life of a wind farm in Cumbria to be extended until 2027 has been allowed by a planning inspector, after a detailed examination which rested on a Collins English Dictionary definition.
The first phase of a £1.5m project which will remove a 1.5-mile plastic liner from a Cumbrian riverbed has started this week.
The first phase of the scheme, designed to avoid a repeat of the devastating floods caused by Storm Desmond, is set to be signed off by Carlisle Council next week.
Copeland Council and Natural England are set to implement plans to extend Heritage Coast status from St Bees Head northwards towards Whitehaven.