All Points North draws up Carlisle plans

THE Cumbria development group All Points North is pushing ahead with plans for a mixed-use scheme in Carlisle.

The listed group, which has a number of commercial properties in Penrith, Kendal, Carlisle and Blackpool, said it is preparing a planning application for a development that would include shops and student accommodation at a former Kwik Save site in Botchergate.

It is also awaiting a decision for its plan to convert a derelict Kendal pub, the Kendal Bowman, into two shops and 12 flats.

In an interim report for the six months to September, the company said it expected to receive a positive decision.

During the period turnover more than halved to £163,429 because the company did not complete any sales. It made a pre-tax profit of £13,000 compared to a £26,000 loss last time.

“It is satisfying that we have produced a bottom line profit for the period,” said chairman Keith Chadwick. “Should our efforts and those of our agents continue to attract more new tenants to the vacant spaces in our properties then the values of these properties should increase accordingly.”