2020
Approved
Gilmour Engineering Bouthwood Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4HB
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Barrow Waste Recovery, Transfer and Treatment Site, Scarth Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 4QR Data via plota.co.uk
PENDING
B28/2026/9001
Description
Regularisation of Use and Development to allow for a mixed-use comprising the use of Buildings as a Storage Warehouse (B8) and Workshop Garage (B2); retention of portacabin building for ancillary use as an office/security hut (E); Use of the yard for End-of-Life Vehicle Operations (Sui Generis) with associated ancillary storage and parking areas for staff and commercial vehicles associated with the above uses and the adjacent Waste Recovery, Transfer and Treatment Site Data via plota.co.uk
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Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 172.
Day 172, past the statutory target. 69% of changes of use in Westmorland and Furness are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.
Day 172116 days past the 56-day target
41%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
71decided in the last year
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →
Site constraints 4
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Barrow-in-Furness built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
2020
Approved
Gilmour Engineering Bouthwood Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4HB
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2020
Approved
Gilmour Engineering Bouthwood Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4HB
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2018
Approved
Wicks H Ltd Trading as Wicks Group, Scarth Road, Sowerby Woods Business Park, Barrow in Furness, LA14 4QR
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Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026