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Wren Kitchens looks set for Workington, in the old Listers furniture shop at Clay Flatts Wren Kitchens plans a showroom in the former Listers store in Workington

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Wren Kitchens plans a showroom in the former Listers store in Workington
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Wren Kitchens has put plans in to turn the empty Listers furniture shop at Clay Flatts into a kitchen showroom. New glass shopfront, bollards and air-con units if it gets the nod.

If you're after a new kitchen, or you're often round Clay Flatts, here's one for you.

Wren Kitchens has put plans in to Cumberland Council for the old Listers Furnishers shop at 12 New Yard on Clay Flatts Industrial Estate. The application has Wren down as the applicant, and says it'd be a "kitchen showroom with ancillary staff areas".

It's all outside work. The white plastic windows would go, replaced with a dark grey aluminium shopfront, plus new steel escape doors and shutters to match. There'd be 11 stainless steel bollards out the front, two concrete ones, glass safety barriers round the door, and a fenced-off bit with four air-con units.

The site is 1,440 square metres and it's empty at the minute, with shop use before. The plans say the floor space and the way you get in and out by car or on foot won't change. The reference is PP-15226830, and it went in back in September.

There's no word yet on when it might open or how many jobs it'd bring, and it still needs the council to say yes before anything happens.

What to do: you can see the plans and leave a comment on Cumberland Council's planning search, looking up 12 New Yard, Clay Flatts, Workington. Keep comments to planning stuff, like how it looks, parking and noise.

Wren Kitchens has applied to Cumberland Council for alterations to the empty Listers Furnishers premises at 12 New Yard, Clay Flatts Industrial Estate, so it can be used as a kitchen showroom.

This is for Workington shoppers, anyone planning a new kitchen and people who use Clay Flatts Industrial Estate.

Wren Kitchens has submitted a planning application to Cumberland Council for works at the former Listers Furnishers premises at 12 New Yard, Clay Flatts Industrial Estate. The application names Wren Kitchens as the applicant and says the building would be used as a "kitchen showroom with ancillary staff areas".

The plans are for outside changes. The existing white uPVC windows would be replaced with aluminium-framed shopfront glazing in anthracite grey, with new steel escape doors and roller shutters in the same colour. There would be 11 stainless steel bollards in front of the shopfront and main entrance, two concrete bollards, glazed safety barriers around the entrance, and a fenced area with four air-conditioning condenser units.

The site covers 1,440 square metres. The application describes the premises as vacant, with retail as the previous use. It says there would be no gain, loss or change of non-residential floorspace and no change to vehicle or pedestrian access. The application, reference PP-15226830, was submitted in September.

No opening date or job numbers have been given, and the plans still need the council's approval before any work can start.

What you can do: you can look up the plans and comment through Cumberland Council's planning search by searching for 12 New Yard, Clay Flatts, Workington. Comments must be about planning matters, such as the look of the building, parking and noise.