The former Natwest bank in Egremont's Market Place could be converted into a takeaway.

A planning application has been submitted to Copeland Council requesting a change of use from a bank to a hot food takeaway.

The bank, at 29 Market Place, was shut down in September last year due to changing banking habits.

At the time, a spokeswoman said since 2011, transactions had dropped by 22 per cent in Egremont.

Six other Cumbrian branches - Cockermouth, Keswick, Ambleside, Grange-over-Sands, Ulverston and Wigton - were also closed.