AT THE parish council meeting it was announced that Cllr Jane Haigh had resigned from the council with immediate effect. The resulting casual vacancy will be an agenda item at the February meeting. At the Open Forum, a resident explained that an alteration to the original planning permission given for the development of the Royal Hotel had resulted in the erection of a fence which blocked a gate which was his rear exit. The amendment had not been seen either by the parish council or the affected residents but the council explained that, as the new plan had been approved by South Lakeland District Council (SLDC), this matter would have to be pursued with SLDC.