Former Kendal courthouse to be demolished for retirement flats
Kendal's former courthouse Kendal's former courthouse will be demolished and replaced with 64 retirement flats. The chairman of South Lakeland District Council's planning committee used the casting vote to break the deadlock over the future of the building and approve its demolition. Councillors had been split evenly with six votes for and six votes against plans to clear the Burneside Road site and build new accommodation. Simon Kater, the agent for applicant Churchill Retirement Living, told the committee that 'a lot of time and effort has been put in to make this scheme financially...
Source: thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk