A COUPLE'S vision to set up a new eatery in a south Cumbria village is set to become a reality after a change-of-use application was approved.

Matt and Sarah Jackson want to rejuvenate the former Gado Gado restaurant along The Promenade, Arnside.

Permission to turn the premises into a 'drinking establishment with expanded food provision' was granted by South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) – now a part of Westmorland and Furness Council – at the end of last month.

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A meeting of SLDC's licensing sub-committee in October 2022 gave the Jacksons permission to sell alcohol until midnight, seven days a week, at the site.

At the time, the couple said their eatery was to be named J.J. Crossfields and would provide the public with later-evening options in Arnside. 

Gill Sherratt, licensing consultant at Napthens Solicitors, told the meeting the business would be 'food-led' and 'not all about the alcohol'.