23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (608+ words) Westmorland and Furness Council is looking to spend around half a million pounds on consultants to help deliver its plans to turn Penrith Town Hall into a new Creative and Community Hub — despite the council warning residents it faces a…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (490+ words) A planning row over up to nine new homes in Great Salkeld is heading behind closed doors, with councillors due to receive legal advice on the application and a live appeal. The press and public will be excluded while councillors…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (448+ words) Penrith town councillors are set to receive another update on Monday evening on the town council’s £170,000 project to replace the town centre’s wayfinding signs – after the scheme missed its July completion date and remains unfinished. The town council’s replacement signage…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (898+ words) It is a question that has been asked repeatedly across Penrith since the Town Hall closed its doors: what is happening to the building? The historic building has now been completely empty and unused for more than two years, prompting…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (623+ words) Controversial signage on a Penrith town centre vape shop has been refused by Westmorland and Furness Council after 178 people objected to the application. The retrospective application was submitted for the signage at King Vape on Devonshire Street after it had…...