RESIGN: Council says goodbye to member HERE are the latest announcements from our community news correspondent Kathryn Smith for Burton-in-Kendal. There were no announcements from the chairman at the February parish council meeting, but the clerk reported in response to queries about the future role of the butchers shop she could find no evidence through SLDC of an application to convert it to a Chinese takeaway. The planning application for Fern Bank met with no objections but the council would comment that this, and all applications for an extra dwelling, should make provision for at least one parking space. Following the resignation of Jane Hague, the council now has eight councillors.
Three fire engines attended a kitchen blaze in South Cumbria last night and one person was treated for the possible effects of smoke inhalation. Crews were called to a property in Boon Town, Burton-in-Kendal at around 8.40pm. The kitchen was heavily smoke-logged and firefighters had to ventilate the property. They.