Carlisle's House of Fraser shop will close after creditors granted approval for the department store to shut 31 stores.

Six thousand jobs will be lost nationally, including about 150 in Carlisle.

The store, on English Street, is likely to shut next year.

The chain announced plans to close the 31 branches next year, in a radical restructuring by the company’s Chinese owners.

The flagship Oxford Street store is among those to close.

Yesterday's vote was a make-or-break moment for the 169-year-old business.

If the rescue plan had failed, administration was likely.

House of Fraser used what is called a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), a form of insolvency proceedings, to overhaul its business.

CVAs are being increasingly used by struggling retailers as a way to close stores, but House of Fraser's is the most contentious restructuring deal to date.

Carlisle MP John Stevenson said: "It is very disappointing that the store is closing.

"It is a loss in the short term to Carlisle but we must recognise that shopping habits are changing and we need to reconfigure city centres to fit in with the modern age."

"I think retail is changing quite dramatically, people now do most of their shopping online and we've got to reflect that in the offer we have in the city centre, and I think that is something the planners and the politicians need to start looking at."

It is hoped that some of the concessions within House of Fraser will stay in the city and open shops of their own.

Caffe Nero has already said that it will be looking to find a new site as soon as possible.

And a spokeswoman for Ted Baker, which sells womens clothes in House of Fraser, said: "Ted Baker is always looking to expand and open more stores in numerous locations."

It is not yet known if names like Mango, Biba and French Connection will leave the city.

Speaking after the rescue plan was passed, Alex Williamson, chief executive of House of Fraser, said: "The CVA proposals have been approved by our creditors and we are grateful for their ongoing support and belief in the future of House of Fraser.

"This was clearly a difficult decision to take but is, ultimately, the only one to secure our future."

Will Wright, restructuring partner at KPMG and joint supervisor of the CVA, said: "The approval of these CVAs provides House of Fraser with the breathing space it needs to proceed with its proposed operational restructuring plan across a smaller core portfolio of stores."

House of Fraser, or Binns as it was known, began as Robinson Brothers Ltd in 1889.

The building has been extended several times. The shop also expanded back into the former Carlisle Theatre on Blackfriars Street.

The brothers also had a shop in Dumfries. Their partnership later dissolved and Frank Robinson took sole charge of the business.

He retired in 1933. Binns took over the Carlisle shop in November that year.

This Sunderland-based department store chain was absorbed into House of Fraser in 1953.

When House of Fraser was bought by a consortium in 2006 most Binns stores, including Carlisle's, were renamed House of Fraser.

There have been challenging times before with various waves of redundancies.

But now 129 years of Cumbrian retail history is under threat as the Robinson brothers' legacy becomes a victim of the high street's struggles.