2023
Approved
Concreting of existing hardcore yard areas.
Robbs Water Farm Park Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP Data via plota.co.uk
PENDING
B18/2026/0241
Description
Erection of building to house vending machines for the sale of milk produced on the farm and associated car park. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 102.
Day 102, past the statutory target. 92% of agricultural works 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 10246 days past the 56-day target
82%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
124decided in the last year
Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →
Site constraints 4
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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 4; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
21 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2023
Approved
Concreting of existing hardcore yard areas.
2023
Approved
Concreting of existing hardcore yard areas.
2022
Approved
Extension to existing agricultural building to form accommodation for dairy cows and mach…
2022
Approved
Extension to existing agricultural building to form accommodation for dairy cows and mach…
2022
Approved
Extension to existing agricultural building to form accommodation for dairy cows and mach…
2020
Approved
Erection of a roof structure over an existing silage storage area.
2020
Approved
Erection of a roof structure over an existing silage storage area.
2020
Approved
Erection of a roof structure over an existing silage storage area.
2018
Approved
Prior notification or agricultural or forestry development - Proposed building for silage…
2018
Approved
Prior notification or agricultural or forestry development - Proposed building for silage…
2018
Approved
Prior notification or agricultural or forestry development - Proposed building for silage…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2024
Rainbow Bungalow Park Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Demolition of existing dwelling and garage, and erection of a replacement self-build sing…
2024
Rainbow Bungalow Park Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Demolition of existing dwelling and garage, and erection of a replacement self-build sing…
2024
Rainbow Bungalow Park Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Demolition of existing dwelling and garage, and erection of a replacement self-build sing…
2021
Refused
Land adjacent to Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved for the constructio…
2021
Refused
Land adjacent to Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved for the constructio…
2021
Refused
Land adjacent to Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved for the constructio…
2016
Approved
Land At Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Conversion of former Visitor Centre into a dwelling
2016
Approved
Land At Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Conversion of former Visitor Centre into a dwelling
2016
Approved
Land At Gillswood Bungalow Park Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4QP
Conversion of former Visitor Centre into a dwelling
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