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
B28/2026/9002
Description
Variation of Condition 4 of Planning Permission Ref. to amend operational hours. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
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.
Within ~100m
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
Installation of solar panels on a commercial roof on an industrial estate. Glare will not…
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
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