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3 days ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
6 1/1 A RESIDENTIAL Carlisle yard next to Brunton Park, in Warwick Road, can be converted into a hardstanding parking area planners have ruled. Carlisle United Football Club submitted the planning application for the site next to 275 Warwick Road and the decision to grant planning permission was taken on Monday (April 28). According to the application form it would provide five parking spaces for the club.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
4 1/1 A LORRY park in the Carlisle area can have new lighting after planners at Cumberland Council granted planning permission for the application. It was for land to the west of Bankend Road and it will allow five 8m high lighting columns to illuminate the lorry park.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
4 1/1 PLANS for new signage on the former Carlisle Wilkos store have been approved by Cumberland Council. The application was for the site in Scotch Street, in the city centre, which is next to the Market Hall. It was proposed two halo illuminated fascia graphics and two replacement externally illuminated projecting signs to be attached to the front of the building.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
3 1/1 A THIRD Labour member of Cumberland Council has resigned because she feels that it is not the same party that she originally joined. Councillor Helen Tucker (Cockermouth North, Labour) issued her statement on Wednesday (May 7) because “the decisions and policies coming from Westminster no longer align with my values”.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
3 1/1 COUNCILLORS have been given an update on a proposed roll out of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across the Cumberland Council area. Members of the council met on Tuesday (April 29) at the Civic Centre in Carlisle and the update came during the time set aside for questions.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
3 1/1 CUMBERLAND Council spent more than £15 million on agency staff last year but the authority is taking steps to try and reduce that figure. The issue was raised during Tuesday’s (April 29) meeting of the council, at the Civic Centre in Carlisle councillor Chris Wills (Upperby, Lib Dems) asked a question of one of the members of the executive. Cllr Wills asked: “In 2024 Cumberland Council spent over £15 million on employing agency staff.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
3 1/1 CARLISLE will be “cut off” during the forthcoming closures of the west coast main line, it has been claimed. Councillor Tim Pickstone (Longtown, Lib Dems) was speaking during Tuesday’s (April 29) meeting of Cumberland Council at the Civic Centre in Carlisle.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
6 1/1 PLANS for 23 proposed homes on a former agricultural site in the Wigton area have been approved by planners at Cumberland Council. The application was for a site at The Piggeries, Bridge Hill, Kirkbride, and planning permission, which was granted on Wednesday (April 30, is subject to a number of conditions.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
4 1/1 A NORTH Cumbrian councillor is calling for a pedestrian crossing on a busy road in the area after woman was seriously injured while walking her dog. Councillor Roger Dobson (Corby and Hayton, Lib Dems) wants a crossing in Warwick Bridge, on the A69 near the Co-op store, and he has been pressing National Highways for over three years to install either a Zebra or puffin crossing ever since a school crossing supervisor was knocked down by a van.
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1 week ago | 
newsandstar.co.uk | Ian Duncan
3 1/1 THE Issue of staff recruitment and retention within Cumberland Council was raised at a meeting this week. Members of the full council met at the Civic Centre in Carlisle on Tuesday (April 29) and, during the time set aside for questions, councillor Trevor Allison (Dalston and Burgh, Conservative) raised the subject.
