Local Elections 2021: These are your Barrow, SLDC, Ulverston and PCC candidates. In the first elections to be held during the pandemic, voters go to the polls tomorrow. There will be two by-elections in Barrow, along with four in South Lakeland, as well as five town councillors in Ulverston, plus the police and crime commissioner elections for the county. Full elections at district level for both Barrow borough and South Lakeland District Council (SLDC), will have to wait a year, until after the decision on the reshaping of local government is decided upon. In Barrow, there will be two by-elections, one for Hyndpool and one for Roosecote. Hyndpool will see two candidates; Niyall Allister Phillips for the Conservatives and Jo Tyson for Labour. Roosecote will also see two candidates; Paul Anthony Griffiths for Labour and Jay Zaccarini for the Conservatives. People can go to vote in Hydpool at St James community centre in Blake street Barrow and also St Mark s Church, Buccle
Prizet filling station near Kendal. Pictures: Google/PA Wire/Newsquest Plans for a major upgrade of a filling station near Kendal have been rejected by council planners. An application for the Prizet filling station on the A591 south of Kendal was put before South Lakeland District Council s planning committee for consideration, with proposals including new electric vehicle charging points and a drive-thru Costa Coffee. But the development, which had already been turned down in a previous, larger form, was rejected by the committee, despite the number of parking spaces being scaled back from 44 to 31. Councillor Janette Jenkinson, who represents Ulverston West, had been in favour of the plans going ahead.
Councillor Colin Pickthall raised the controversial idea at Ulverston Town Council s meeting on Monday. He said it was not to debate the pros and cons of cleaner air and business impacts , but to ask council members if they could agree to writing a letter to Cumbria County Council to ask them to conduct a survey on the issue. He said it was important to see a council representative addressing the people of the town on the issue and give residents the chance to offer their opinions. Conclusion could then be drawn from the consultation, Cllr Pickthall said. He admitted to the meeting the issue had been raised umpteen times before but believed that the public were raising this for a reason.