South Lakes Wild Animal Park proposed extension

Plans have been submitted for an extension to the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, including a new entrance and car park close to Melton House, increasing the physical size of the park by 23.6 acres (268%). The project will create a range of new facilities for visitors, and provide additional local employment.

The park's new eastern boundary would run along the western boundary of Lindal & Marton Parish, and access to the park would be via existing roads and adjacent to houses within the Parish. The traffic generated by the proposed development will have an impact of the A590, in particular on the priority junction of the U6097 at Melton Brow, and will result in a significant increase in traffic on the first section of the U6097. However, there will be a reduction in traffic flows on the section of the A590 west of Melton Brow, and in particular a reduction in flows through the roundabout at the top of Melton Brow and on sections of Ulverston and Broughton Roads that form part of the existing route from the A590 to the existing access.

With annual visitors levels at 350,000 there be around 20 days a year when parking demand will be more than can be accommodated in the new car park. On these occasions marshals would direct cars that cannot be accommodated in the eastern car park to go to the overspill car park at the existing car park on the west side of the Park by a route using the minor roads to the north and west of the Park.

This article summarises the aspects of the planning application that relate to Lindal & Marton Parish, based on publicly available information on 3rd June 2010. Full details of the scheme and the latest status information are contained in an extensive set of documents that can be found on the Barrow Borough Council Planning website, application reference number B12/2010/0712. You can also use the planning website to register your support or objection, and comments on the scheme.

Lindal Toddler & Playgroup

Lindal Toddler and Playgroup provides OFSTED registered care for pre-school children aged from 2 yrs 6 months at the Buccleuch Hall on a sessional basis. The group also provides Lunch Clubs on certain days. Rising 5's sessions are held up at LAMPS and allow children in their pre-school year to become familiar with the school building before the momentous move up to ‘big school’.

If you would like any info on Toddlers, Playgroup and Rising 5’s please contact Maria Brown on 01229 466651 or e-mail lindalplaygroup@hotmail.co.uk. See the Playgroup web page for more information, including recent OFSTED reports.

Parish Council minutes

Lindal & Marton is one of three Parish Councils in Barrow Borough. Parish Council meetings normally take place in the Buccleuch Hall on the first Thursday of each month, as shown in the Calendar, and are open to the public. The Parish Council Clerk issues an Agenda a few days before each meeting, and issues Minutes a few days afterwards. Agendas and full Minutes are published on our Downloads page.

Aspects of Lindal & Marton

"Aspects" is the village newsletter for Lindal & Marton, published and distributed monthly to all households in the parish by a band of dedicated volunteers. See our Aspects page for more information and selected past articles.

Please submit any items of community interest or requests for advertising in Aspects to Jennifer Pardoe by the 20th of each month.

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