Ormsgill Library Millstone Avenue Cumbria LA14 4BP

1. 25 Jun 2026

   Received by Westmorland and Furness

2. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 20 August 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.

This application is with Westmorland and Furness for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westmorland and Furness decided outline applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Ormsgill Library Millstone Avenue Cumbria LA14 4BP

  BPA4/2026/0280 Submitted 25 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~20 Aug

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for demolition of a single storey building with a pitched roof. The building is approx. 5 meters in height, 6.3 meter width and 11.3 meters in length also to include low adjoining walls to the east.

  Awaiting decision Outline Demolition
  Small domestic

• Pavement adjacent to Ormsgill Family Centre Millstone Avenue Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4BP

  BPA8/2023/0098 Submitted 6 Feb 2023 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed development by or on behalf of an electronic communications code operator - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A - Installation of 18m high phase 8 monopole, supporting 6 no. antennas, 1 no. wraparound equipment cabinet at the base of the monopole, 2 no. equipment cabinets, 1 no. electric meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto including 1 no. GPS module.

  Granted Outline

• Pavement adjacent to Ormsgill Family Centre Millstone Avenue Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 4BP

  BPA8/2023/0098 Submitted 6 Feb 2023 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed development by or on behalf of an electronic communications code operator - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A - Installation of 18m high phase 8 monopole, supporting 6 no. antennas, 1 no. wraparound equipment cabinet at the base of the monopole, 2 no. equipment cabinets, 1 no. electric meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto including 1 no. GPS module.

  Granted Outline

• Ormsgill Community Centre Millstone Avenue Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4BP

  B18/2025/0370 Submitted 30 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~25 Nov

  A new disabled ramp access from the carpark & steps to the community centre with a canopy over the door.

  Awaiting decision

• Ormsgill Community Centre Millstone Avenue Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4BP

  B18/2025/0370 Submitted 30 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~25 Nov

  A new disabled ramp access from the carpark & steps to the community centre with a canopy over the door.

  Awaiting decision

• 42 - 44 Middlefield Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 4BX

  B13/2026/0019 Submitted 18 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~13 May

  Application for variation of Condition No. 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission B13/2025/0077 Conversion of storage area above retail unit into 2no. self-contained flats and revised shopfronts to facilitate formation of 2no. separate access doorways to front elevation

  Awaiting decision Conditions New dwelling

• 2026/1665/PIP Refused

  Land adjacent to Over Cotes Access Road to Waistcotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ

  Permission in principle for one dwelling

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Outline
• 2026/1429/PIP Withdrawn

  Land East of Alderwood Gardens Red Lane High Carley ULVERSTON LA12 0JZ

  Permission in principle for residential development for up to four dwellings

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• B26/2026/0353 Awaiting decision

  Barrow District Car Repairs, Holker Street, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5UH.

  Application for a Certificate of Proposed Use or Development (CLOPUD) for continuation of B2 use by Process Pipework Services.

  Received 7 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Outline
• 2026/1491/SCREEN Decided

  Land North of Whitbarrow Berrier End Berrier PENRITH CA11 0XA

  EIA Screening opinion for a solar farm.

  Received 17 Jul, published by the council 4 Aug 2026 Outline
• 2026/1274/SCREEN Decided

  Land at Inglewood Road PENRITH CA11 8QN

  Screening opinion for residential development at Land East of Inglewood Road Penrith (Fairways phase 3)

  Received 19 Jun, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline