SIX months after Royal Mail announced they were consulting on plans to transfer services from Sedbergh - no decision has been made. 

Last September the company said it was looking into transferring services from Sedbergh's delivery office to Kendal. 

This led to fears that this could threaten the viability of Sedbergh post office which currently receives a third of its income by renting out the delivery office to Royal Mail. It also puts the outreach services it runs to Endmoor, Dent and Barbon into question. 

A petition, signed by well over a thousand residents opposing the plans, was presented in parliament by MP Tim Farron at the end of last year.

The organisation says 'it remains the case that no final decision has been made in relation to the relocation of the Royal Mail operation in Sedbergh.'

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The Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said: “Royal Mail have left people in Sedbergh in the lurch for six months now and that is completely unacceptable.

“This could have dire consequences for the future of post office services in Sedbergh, Endmoor, Dent and Barbon which are obviously vital to those rural communities.

“It is massively important that we keep the pressure on them so they drop this dreadful move once and for all.”

In September the office's postal master Peter Jackson warned the closure of the delivery office would cause several problems for the community who rely on its services. 

He said: “Because the post office as a brand don’t pay the post offices enough to be independent units, we need other bits to make the whole thing work, like retail, banking, and the sorting office.

“If one element disappears it calls into question our viability financially.

“They wish to relocate to Kendal which makes no sense. A lot of our post staff live in Sedbergh and it makes no sense to send them to Kendal before making them bring it all back.

“Financially it makes no sense and could be catastrophic. If the sorting office goes, we may have to close.

“There are no banks in the town so we do that here, and we sort the postage. It’s a hub for the community and it is needed more than ever."