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

Awaiting decision Westmorland and Furness B12/2026/0091 Conditions

Works: Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference B12/2026/0091

Application record

Reference
B12/2026/0091
Type
Conditions
Status
Undecided
Received
18 Mar 2026
Validated
18 Mar 2026

Site history

Applications at this address on the Westmorland and Furness register

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

  • 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
  • B12/2022/0815 Granted

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

    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.

    Decided 13 Mar 2023 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Mar 2026

    Received by Westmorland and Furness

  2. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Westmorland and Furness took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Westmorland and Furness for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westmorland and Furness decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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