Planning experts appoint new agent

GEOFFREY Kremer of Ulverston has been appointed as the Cumbria and north Lancashire agent for planning law specialists Land Planning Associates, which has launched a new no win-no fee service to secure planning permission for clients.

The Suffolk-based firm says the new service means applicants who have been unjustifiably refused planning permission can challenge a local planning authority's decision at an appeal without financial risk.

Up until now, private applicants have been reluctant to risk lodging an appeal because it would cost upwards of £2,000 with no certainty of success, the firm added.

How to transport dangerous goods

TRANSPORTING dangerous goods by road will be the subject of a meeting of South Cumbria Occupational Health and Safety Group, due to be held at the Netherwood Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, on Thursday, January 16.

Speaker Martin Wyatt, health and safety adviser at GlaxoSmithKline, Ulverston, is due to talk at the meeting, which starts at 2pm.

For details, ring 01524-822072.

More jobs at gasfield terminal

THE number of people working on the new gasfield onshore process terminal construction site in Barrow is expected to rise to around 350 in the coming weeks, as contractors Costain Oil, Gas and Process Ltd let contracts for mechanical and electrical outfitting work at the terminal.

Brough-born man joins law firm

JAMES Stables has joined law firm Burnetts as an assistant solicitor in its commercial property team.

The former legal services manager at Eden District Council will be involved in a wide range of commercial property work, including leases, buying and selling property, and planning law.

Raised in Brough, Mr Stables qualified as a solicitor with Bannister Bates & Sons in Morecambe before moving to Allerdale Borough Council.

January 10, 2003 12:01