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AN APPLICATION to install an electric-vehicle charging point and create a parking area and driveway at a South Lakeland property was voted down by…
CONCERN has been raised after the national hotel chain Premier Inn said it would like to build a number of new hotels in South Cumbria. Four new sites are earmarked for Cumbria, with work due to start on-site at one Lake District hotel later this year. Most recent documents from Whitbread, which owns the hotel chain, has revealed where it wants to build next. Known as ‘target locations’, the firm updates its list every year as new hotels are built and fresh demand is identified. Earmarked in the most recent list for new locations to develop are Grange, Ambleside, Windermere and ...
A TOWN is set to get its own 'long-needed' petrol station after plans for a new convenience store were given the green light. The prime site near the Grange's railway station has been home to charity superstore AGE UK for four years, and was previously a Toyota car dealership. But now plans have been approved to knock it down and build a Spar, a filling station and a new car park. Thirty jobs will be created - 15 full time and 15 part time - in addition to the short-term jobs in construction. The proposals were approved by South Lakeland District Council's planning committee.