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Former Sports Ground, Cows Tarn Lane/West Shore Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

Granted Lake District National Park B12/2022/0815 Other

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

The construction of a new Outdoor Activity Community Centre for Cumbria Country Council, and an Environmental Education Facility for Natural England, together with the creation of varied park land, informal sports areas, outdoor community growing space, outdoor teaching spaces, provision for community camping, and the reuse of the existing changing rooms pavilion into a potting shed.

As published by the council, reference B12/2022/0815

Application record

Reference
B12/2022/0815
Type
Other
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: APPCOND
Received
17 Nov 2022
Validated
17 Nov 2022
Decided
13 Mar 2023

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lake District National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • B12/2026/0091 Awaiting decision

    Former Sports Ground, Cows Tarn Lane/West Shore Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission B12/2025/0084 (The construction of a new Outdoor Activity Community Centre for Westmorland and Furness Council, and an Environmental Education Facility for Natural England, together with the creation of varied park land, informal sports areas, outdoor community growing space, outdoor teaching spaces, provision for community camping, and the demolition of the existing changing rooms pavilion) to allow a change in appearance, layout and construction method of the Natural England building.

    Submitted 18 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • B12/2024/0465 Granted

    Former Sports Ground, Cows Tarn Lane/West Shore Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

    Application under section 73 for variation of condition No.2 following grant of permission B12/2022/0815 (The construction of a new Outdoor Activity Community Centre for Westmorland and Furness Council, and an Environmental Education Facility for Natural England, together with the creation of varied park land, informal sports areas, outdoor community growing space, outdoor teaching spaces, provision for community camping, and the demolition of the existing changing rooms pavilion [amended description]) to allow revised design for the community building, change of construction method and update to the design for the park land.

    Decided 12 Dec 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Nov 2022

    Received by Lake District National Park

  2. 13 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: APPCOND

  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • B12/2024/0465 Granted

    Former Sports Ground, Cows Tarn Lane/West Shore Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

    Application under section 73 for variation of condition No.2 following grant of permission B12/2022/0815 (The construction of a new Outdoor Activity Community Centre for Westmorland and Furness Council, and an Environmental Education Facility for Natural England, together with the creation of varied park land, informal sports areas, outdoor community growing space, outdoor teaching spaces, provision for community camping, and the demolition of the existing changing rooms pavilion [amended description]) to allow revised design for the community building, change of construction method and update to the design for the park land.

    Decided 12 Dec 2024 Conditions

What this grant of permission means

Lake District National Park granted permission on 13 March 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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